How Bodh Shiksha Samiti made remote Rajasthan villagers aware of Covid-19

A Jaipur-based educational organisation lends a hand to the struggling administration in its fight against Covid-19 in the remote villages of Alwar, writes Anjuli Bhargava

“Yudh chid gaya hai” (India is in the midst of a war)

“Pakistan ne hamla kar diya” (We’ve been attacked by Pakistan)

"Mahamari ya haiza phel gaya hai" (A massive plague or cholera has broken out)

In the month of March, these were some of the rumors floating in Rajasthan’s Umren and Thanagazi, far flung villages of Alwar district as policeman used every trick in the book to force villagers off the roads and ordered them to remain indoors. Schools in the area had shut by early March.

Within days of the outbreak, it became quite apparent to the district administration