The world is dealing with a crisis named COVID-19 since 2020 and thousands of lives have already been lost at its altar. Naturally, society is doing everything possible to create awareness against this virus and its spread. One such effort was recently organized by Apna Nawada in which Shakti Singh, prominent students' activist and former President of Delhi University Students Union, also addressed the participants through a virtual seminar. The topic of the seminar was “Role of Students in Covid Period.”
Addressing the virtual seminar, Shakti Singh drove home the relevance of standard operating protocols against Coronavirus and how students can play a significant role in culling misleading information being spread by vested interests. He said, “When India became one of the first countries in the world to manufacture a vaccine for Coronavirus, it was a proud moment for every Indian. We must thank our great scientists and researchers who gave this great gift to not just 135 crore countrymen but also to the world.”
He said that India had managed to stop the virus well in its tracks due to the brilliant management of the crisis under the able leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his team of ministers and bureaucrats as well as the frontline workers including doctors, healthcare workers, policemen and safari karamcharis. He said it was a commendable thing that even as developed nations like the US were seen struggling with this disease, despite having one of the best health infrastructures in the world, India stopped this threat from reaching the financially weaker sections of the society. He added, “If the economically weaker sections had become affected by this virus, it would have meant disaster for the poor families with no resources at all.”
Shakti Singh extolled the students to engage themselves in awareness activities and events regarding vaccination campaign throughout Uttar Pradesh. He was of the opinion that in a country like India, with such diversified communities and geographical limitations, a large part of the population still lived in villages, where the misinformation campaign against the vaccine could spread like wildfire. The BJP leader asked the students to visit rural areas in large groups and motivate people to go for vaccination.
Shakti Singh said if students stand behind the government’s vaccination campaign, they could make it an enormous success and help the country in its fight against the pandemic.
The organiser of the event Apna Nawada is a digital media portal and advocacy group based in Bihar. It was founded by Suman Shekhar, a journalism graduate from Delhi University in 2014. Apna Nawada mainly works on publishing authentic news and information pertaining to Nawada and surrounding districts of Bihar, India. It also works with civil society groups, public representatives and district administration in dissemination and verification of information. Apna Nawada is actively indulged in creating awareness against the COVID crisis through propagating expert information into the public.
Apna Nawada : (apnanawada.in)
