The East Singhbhum district administration will start another vaccination centre at the XLRI campus in the Circuit House Area from next week.

It has identified Tata Auditorium in the sprawling XLRI campus for drive that will be conducted for those in the age group of 18 to 44 years.

Dhalbhum SDO Nitish Kumar Singh, along with health department officials, inspected the B-school campus on Saturday. They went around the auditorium which has a centralised AC facility. The waiting area and observation room for those getting vaccinated were also identified.

Health officials said the vaccination drive is expected to begin from Tuesday after taking care of all necessary requirements.

"The new vaccination centre at the XLRI campus will further help in streamlining the vaccination process. It will benefit a wider section of people as everyday 1,000 vaccinations would be administered at the centre," said the SDO adding that there won't be any spot registration and that only those booking online slots would be eligible for vaccination.

With this the Tata Auditorium will become the seventh vaccination centre in the steel city after Loyola School in Bistupur, Tata Workers' Union school in Kadma, RVS Academy in Mango, Vidya Bharati Chinmaya Vidyalaya in Telco, R..P Patel School in Jugsalai and PJP Cinepolis at Bistupur-based P&M Hi-Tech City Centre Mall, where vaccinations began recently.

District surveillance officer Shahir Pal said, "We will try to ensure necessary Covid protocols and a hassle-free vaccination at the new centre."