Research scholars including day and hostelites at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad welcomed the Covid test drive launched by Dhanbad district administration on Thursday.

Covid test of all students, teachers as well as non teaching staff of IIT (ISM), P.K. Roy Memorial College and SSLNT Women’s was also launched according to the direction of Dhanbad Deputy Commissioner, Uma Shankar Singh.

The test was conducted for only research scholars since labs for PhD students were only functional at IIT (ISM) and classroom teaching is yet to begin for all B.Tech and M.Tech students.

Sawan Kumar, a PhD final semester student of Mechanical Engineering said, “Though our Covid test was conducted during the time of hostel shifting in November last year but today the second test was conducted which we welcome.”

“Despite the fact that we observe all Covid Protocols of mandatory mask wearing while attending labs, social distance observation and use of sanitizers etc we feel that periodic testing is only way of preventing the spread of diseases as it helps to isolate the affected person and thereby prevents other getting infected from him” said Kumar a native of Darbhanga in Bihar.

Pankaj Sharma, an electronics engineering research scholar said,”though I am not a hosteller and rather a day scholar but since we use the hostel mess together with other hostellers so we feel that infection can spread from any source.”

“We also want the administration to make arrangements for vaccination of all students” said Sharma.

Vaccination for people above 45 years in Dhanbad Gautam Dey

Dhanbad free of charge Covid vaccination camp

The federation of Dhanbad Zila Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FDZCCI) organised the first free of cost Covid vaccination camp at Purana Bazar on Thursday.

A total of 105 shopkeepers from different parts of the district took the vaccine at the camp.

This is the first camp of its kind for vaccination organised by the trade body for shopkeepers which began at around 10am at Marwari Yuva Manch office of Purana Bazar in presence of General Secretary of Purana FDZCCI Ajay Narayan Lal.

“We had a target of around 200 vaccination at the camp. We will try to extend the camps for one more day to achieve the target,” said Lal and added they would also try to organise similar camps at the offices of different units of FDZCCI spread across the district.

Ashanarayan Bharti , a grocer of Bank More Tiwari Gali locality who took the first vaccine on Thursday at the camp said, “I reached at the camp at around 9.45am and became the first person to take the vaccine and the entire process was quite smooth and I felt no reaction at all and retuned back to my home after spending half an hour at the centre.”

“Though, I also wanted to take by wife at centre for vaccination but as she was slightly unwell she couldn’t accompany me,” said Bharti and added that after returning to home he also convinced the residents of his locality to take vaccines as soon as possible to avoid the risk of infected by Covid 19.

The district administration on Thursday also decided to increase the ambit of Covid test for all passengers reaching Dhanbad through buses from outside the state at Bartand based Bus depot of Dhanbad from tomorrow.

Dhanbad Deputy Commissioner, Uma Shankar Singh said, “as large number of passengers arrive at Dhanbad through buses from adjoining Bihar and Bengal so it is imperative to carry out their Covid test to identify the infected persons in order to isolate them and provide treatment to them”

Notably, Covid test of all passengers arriving from different states including Madhya Pradesh, Gujraat, Karnataka, Kerala and Maharastra is already going on at Dhanbad Railway station ahead of Holi.