Now, Tiktok competition in Punjab to spread awareness on coronavirus

Avneet Kaur

Hoshiarpur/Kapurthala, April 4

At a time when TikTok is being flooded with funny videos, the District Youth Services Department, Hoshiarpur and Kapurthala have thought about using the powerful entertainment application to spread awareness on the coronavirus pandemic.

It has announced ‘Best TikToker Competition’ for the people of the age group 15 to 35, having one to three participants and could be about safe hands challenge and other preventive measures that one can take to steer clear of Covid-19.

Taking to the Tribune, Preet Kohli, Assitant Director, Youth Services Department, Hoshiarpur and Kapurthala, said that it’s his own initiative, and he has created a post about the video competition and uploaded it on all the social media platforms and forwarded it in the school groups he is associated with.

“To do away with the boredom, people are highly active on TikTok these days. They make funny videos in which you can see husband washing utensils or children doing lip sing of the songs or famous dialogues. After realising this huge craze of TikTok among youngsters, I got this idea of the best video competition and people would get motivated to keep themselves safe”, Kohli said.

He further stated that  he has received 20-30 awareness videos in which people are cleaning their door knobs, washing hands, helping poor etc.

Not only from Hoshiarpur and Kapurthala but from other districts too. He said that this shows that his post has reached several hundred people.

“The last date to send the videos is April 10. After that we will soon declare the results and the top three videos would be honoured with a certificate and a memento”, he added.