JMC starts drive to distribute free masks to residents
   Date :13-Oct-2020

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 An JMC official distributing mask to vendors at a vegetable market.
 
 
Staff Reporter :
 
The Jabalpur Municipal Corporation (JMC) is carrying out special drive to distribute masks to residents to protect them from the danger of global pandemic COVID-19. Senior officials and employees of the JMC are distributing masks to denizens at important squares and markets. They are giving mask to bikers and other pedestrians who are not applying this protective shield on face.
 
It may be noted that the civic body is toiling hard to educate people about the benefits of masking, physical distancing and hand washing. Senior officials are requesting citizens to take these precautions and prevent themselves from Coronavirus infection. The officials are taking to streets to aware people and protect them from the dreadful virus.
 
To continue such efforts, senior officials of health department of the JMC distributed mask to denizens, especially the shopkeepers and street vendors. The officials said despite repeated request most of the shopkeepers and vendors are not following COVID-19 protocol. They said the health department is conducting programmes to aware and educate people about the benefits of masking, proper physical distancing etc. They are requesting people to follow the guidelines and protect themselves from the dangerous virus. Officials said, on Monday they conducted drive distributed mask to street vendors, shopkeepers, general public and appealed them to apply the mask.