Monday, 17 May 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
The State’s Tourism and Culture minister Satpal Maharaaz has written to the Union Home minister Amit Shah and also had a telephonic conversation with him suggesting that Covid vaccination be carried out in the border areas of the state with the help of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).
The minister informed that he had requested that to enable convenient and swift vaccination of people in the border areas considering the rising cases of Covid-19, the help of ITBP and SSB should be used. Involving these two forces can make the vaccination easier. He informed Shah that the SSB HQ is in Ranikhet from where the border areas of Gunji, Kalapani, Malpa, Lakhanpur, Budi and Shiyalekh among others can be reached. Similarly, the border areas of Niti, Mana, Malari, HArshil, Kalapani and Gunji can be reached from the ITBP HQ in Dehradun. The people in these remote border areas move to graze their sheep and other cattle between March and September. They also inform the armed forces about activities in the border areas. Considering this, facilitating vaccination in these areas through ITBP and SSB will provide relief to the people, said Maharaaz.
