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Ganjam district's 'Dabang officer' wages multi-pronged war on Covid-19

The collector has made it a must for his staff to keep their handsets on 24x7. He surveys his area on bicycle to ensure compliance on use of masks, shop timings and cleanliness

Doctors wearing protective suits as a precautionary measure against the coronavirus check patients outside an isolation ward at Govt. Medical College hospital in Jammu
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Doctors wearing protective suits as a precautionary measure against the coronavirus check patients outside an isolation ward

Jayajit Dash Bhubaneswar
Ganjam collector and district magistrate Vijay Amruta Kalunge has embarked upon a novel initiative to contain the spread of the deadly Coronavirus pandemic.  

The initiative will cover approximately 700,000 families, he said.

Odisha has so far registered 42 positive cases of Covid-19. The pandemic has taken one life- that of a 72-year-old man.

Amruta has risen to the occasion to take on the contagion. Previously, he had asked all government officials in Ganjam district to keep their mobile handsets perpetually switched on in this exigent situation.

While the officials were asked to keep their mobile phones on round-the-clock so that they can be contacted