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Concerted efforts a citizens’ forum, social sector and private enterprise has resulted in the launch of a free community-based Covid isolation centre in New Town
A gurudwara in the city on Friday started providing oxygen concentrators to people across communities and social strata.
Gurdwara Bara Sikh Sangat, on MG Road, through the service wants to reach out to those in need of oxygen in the middle of a raging pandemic, when emergencies are surfacing in homes at any time of the day or night. “We can convey the information to the Sikh community through the gurdwara. But we want to reach out to people from other communities with oxygen support,” said Gangandeep Singh, spokesperson, Gurdwara Bara Sikh Sangat.
They have started with 20 oxygen concentrators that have been donated by two Sikh families in the US and Canada.
Kolkata: The frequency of biomass-burning in New Town seems to have reduced in the past few days. Last week, New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA), along with local resistance groups and forest department’s wildlife wing officials, had intensified vigil and awareness drives to prevent the nuisance.
NKDA officials said that till last week they were receiving five to six cases a day, which has now come down to one or two. “We are sending a water tanker to the spots before the fire can spread,” said an official.
The New Town Forum and News (NTFN), a local NGO, has also been keeping vigil and conducting awareness drives. “We are regularly conducting campaigns in the neighbourhood,” said NTFN chairperson Samaresh Das.