Jhalawar’s preparation in check to tackle COVID: Sidharth Sihag

India has been taking stringent measures to battle the Coronavirus pandemic. As the virus disease has affected a huge number of people across the country an effective strategy is to act on the grassroots level. Considering the fact, district authorities across the country have been adopting impactful strategies to fight COVID-19. Speaking on efforts made by Jhalawar district authorities, Sidharth Sihag, IAS, Collector & District Magistrate, Jhalawar, Rajasthan addressed a webinar organised by Elets Technomedia.

Sihag began with informing that the first Corona positive case in the district surfaced on April 24, 2020. Speaking on the steps taken by the district to curb the menace of COVID-19 he said, “We are giving our focus on food security in the district as food security is linked with the livelihood and lively hood is linked with the overall security.” Further, Sihag regular efforts are being taken to spread awareness on how social distancing. Also, people are being urged to embrace digital operations as physical movements could act as carriers and transmitters of the virus, he added.

Talking about technology-powered initiatives during the lockdown, Sihag said, “We are already using e-office and we are using video conferencing to avoid the physical meetings. With the on-going lockdown due to the pandemic, we are observing that the digital channels are the preferred options to deliver a majority of our services.”

Adding on the technology aspect he said, “We have leveraged the technology very well in Jhalawar. Those who are in-home quarantine have been tracked by their name, number and location by an app. If they have been detected outside their quarantine area or the home automatically a report is being generated and been shared to all the collectors and sub-divisional officers.”

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