Out of 1,604 population villages in Nanded district of Maharashtra, as many as 1,179 have become coronavirus-free, while 271 others have not reported even a single infection case during the second wave of the pandemic. Nanded district has so far recorded over 90,000 positive cases and more than 1,800 people have lost their lives due to the viral infection till now.
Nanded has 1,604 villages across 16 tehsils. The district official said,1,179 villages have become free from the virus and as on June 4 there is no such case.
271 villages remained free from the pandemic during its second wave, the official added.
Nanded Zilla Parishad’s CEO Varsha Thakur attributed this encouraging scenario to the team work.
“The village gram panchayats, panchayat samitis, members of the ZP, anganwadi workers, health department staff of the district administration and ZP worked together to break the chain of the virus. The villagers contributed by following the protocols,” Varsha said adding to her statement , “However, the pandemic is not over yet and the villagers should be more alert.”
Seventy-seven of the 271 villages in the district that did not report even a single case are from the tribal-dominated Kinwat tehsil.
“This tesil is surrounded by Yavatmal district in Maharashtra and Adilabad district in neighbouring Telangana state, which suffered a spike in cases during the second wave,” another official said.
Apart, 42 villages from Hadgaon, 39 from Kandhar, 22 from Loha, 16 from Bhokar, 17 from Mahur, 15 from Mudkhed, 12 from Nanded, nine from Himayatnagar, seven from Degloor, four each from Ardhapur, Dharmabad, Umri, two from Mukhed and one from Biloli are away from the infection.
Then there are villages that have set examples in terms of vaccination and treating the patients at the local level.
Shelgaon village in Naygaon tehsil has achieved the target of 100 per cent vaccination, while Bhosi village in Bhokar taluka treated patients in the village itself, the official said.
