4,000 villagers in Rajasthan's Dungarpur manage to keep Covid at bay

UDAIPUR: Around 4,000 villagers in four villages under Limbadiya gram panchayat have managed to keep coronavirus at bay.
How? They do not step out of their homes without masks. They follow social distancing norms. Ceremonies and weddings have not been taking place here since a month.
Majority of the population in these villages is labourers and peasants and all of them have been abiding the pandemic protocol diligently.
Around eight kilometers away from Galiyakot panchayat samiti, Limbadiya gram panchayat is constituted of four revenue villages Limbadiya, Dhebariya, Gadiya and Ratanpura. “It is the great sense of understanding of the villagers as well as integrated efforts of the goverment officials, medical department and public representatives that not a single positive case or any Covid death has been reported from here so far,” CEO, Dungarpur zila parishad, Anjali Rajoria said.
“The total population in the gram panchayat is 4,288 and majority of them are marginal farmers or labourers who earn their living by cultivation they are do. Yet, these people have been strictly adhering to the pandemic protocols,” Galiyakot BDO Raghuveer Singh Meena said.
Sarpanch Narbada Devi Tabiyad has been meeting women in households to sensitise them on the importance of sanitisation. A core committee of panchayat members, medical staff and influential persons in the area have been monitoring the health conditions of residents in their respective areas. Seven persons found with symptoms of influenza like illness were gviven medical kits. Some 28 migrant workers who returned to the villages after lockdown were quarantined. After counselling and awareness campaigns, most of the marriages have been postponed.
“The villagers have given up the mourning feast and in funerals too, people within the permissible limits are seen. The shopkeepers and essential service providers too have been warned to adhere by the complete guidelines,” gram Vikas secretary Manish Bhavsar said.
People are encouraged to washing hands, public places are sanitised frequently and medical kits have been provided to homes for common ailments.