WOMEN CORONA WARRIORS OF GAJAPATI

IIODISHABARTAII

Swagatika Das, Addl. Tahasiladar,Parlakhemundi

One thing that has united all Indians in the COVID-19 situation is personal security and hygiene. Engaged in COVID -19 squad duty our primary objective was to ensure that people avoid large gathering, crowded places and busy streets. Ensuing from execution of Cr.P.C.-144 in entire of Paralakhemundi, to collection of fines for using unnecessary motor vehicles, to house raids for possession of intoxicating substances, barring people for carrying out religious rituals in larger numbers and finally imposing penalties on usages of mask and spitting at public places and arranging vehicles for the blue collar workers to students old aged, attending the pregnant migrant labourers at midnight our journey went from amp to amp to help people during COVID crisis. Securing old, needy and abandoned people from streets and feeding them, sheltering them at Municipality quarters was also part of our work. Preventing people to join in masses in Puja Pandals which used to orchestrate grandeur during Durga Puja, Savitri Osha; Good Friday and Easter Sunday- when people use to flock in numbers around Churches went silent. Even closure of weekly haats at Hatapada where scary crowd with loads of fresh vegetable and cattle exchange took place were warded off. They say every closure bring a new opening and may be lockdown has taught people to be self reliant, independent, brought out the best of cooks from each household and triumphed mothers who became school tutors within each home. My advice to fellow readers would be to secure their earnings for health aids of each family members rather than squandering their wealth. I would also appeal that “fear and anxiousness should not outrage us to abandon and offend our fellow beings”.

Ms. Soumya Rani Gouda

Two COVID CARE CENTRES ( CCCs) have been prepared at ANWESHA Building, Betaguda and ITI Chandragiri , Mohana block to accommodate persons with mild and very mild symptoms. Swab Samples are being taken from all suspected cases including persons with ILI and SARI symptoms for further confirmation and treatment.Ms. Soumya Rani Gouda, DPM, NHM, Gajapati Ms. Soumya Rani Gouda, working as a district Program Manager (DPM) under NHM, Gajapati since August, 2018. It has been a learning experience overall. Apart from the regular health activities, natural calamity was the first hand different management work with Titli. On the journey of honing skills, a pandemic, named Covid 19 kept everyone on their toes. The virus did improve my knack for managing the Covid call center and contact tracing of +ve people. It has been tiring yet but the contentment of serving the people is blissful.

Rajeswar

Rajeswari of Jhammi village Made an active surveillance at village regarding symptoms of fever, cold and dry cough. Made small group meetings regarding symptoms of corona, mode of transmission, importance of use of mask, social distancing with the help of AWW. Then made door to door survey for line listing of migrant workers in coordination with AWWs. Distributed masks to each household with the help of SHGs. Then made duty at IQCs and now engaged in a ward level team for active surveillance of community and targeted household on daily basis and report it to higher authority.

 Mohini Pradhan

Women Activist An emerging youth blended with least ego that converging doctrine and love for humanity and society. Started after post-graduation, as a volunteer at NYK could pilfer magnitude to of patience & preserver are for present youths and their main streaming in the society, now on Covid-19 become a strong warrior along her friends to heal those sufferings by means ward to ward of parceling foam. Even did to feed those cliff hungers. At TMC too she with her friends helped and supporting role to feed those inmates like old persons passionate wards could heal their pain. She started at roadside also not left and her team for empathetic to feed them and grooming their smile. With the support dist. Admin, police admn. And youth volunteers accredited a special identity not to hate patients than to stand for cure. Prevention is better than cure this quote as her talent to address all messages of Covid- 19 to all like social distancing, hand wash and using masks. According to all her sprit elevated through her from various corner too. Remembering the brood line “Man may come, man may go but I go on forever.

Damayanti Ananta

Battery operator, Ward-7, Parlakhemundi Municipality This is a great initiative by mentor-cum-administrator Anupam Saha, Collector of ULB and carry forward by executive secretary for his own innovation and planning to collect both dry and wet garbage in battery auto vehicle driven by a lady too. This not only scope for good earning but collection of different scrape could be an upgrade knowledge for public who are sensitized of its use. Those different drums of dry and wet collected daily by a lady who could recognize hassle for on gender equity and stand herself from livelihood. Along her eight such drivers plying daily on 9 wards to collect from each 600 HHs. Those wastage materials dumped at MCC (micro composting centre) at Ramnagar of Parlakhemundi. This is a way trends. Solid waste management for Covid-19 good environment building, neatness through awareness, mikeing, leaflets to sensitize and more and reduce trolley services. This could exchange less time and more work. Gradually it will extend in rest of all ward i.e. 10 to 16. Salute to lady without any favour or share return she became an innovator to register name and shame from public who can’t understand sold waste management further public could make habit to store differently dry and wet garbage for their own advantage.