PA systems in UP to spread awareness about Covid-19

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Proposal sought from District Magistrates by marking new locations till 19.

Awareness campaign against Corona to intensify.

Lucknow, 16 September: On the instructions of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, for the purpose of raising public awareness for the prevention of coronavirus infection, in the direction of setting up ‘Public Address Systems’ (PA Systems) at major intersections and other crowded places of all the districts of the state.

However, efforts are being made in this regard; all the District Magistrates have also sought the necessary proposals for establishing public address systems by marking new locations as per the requirement by September 19.

In a high-level meeting, Additional Chief Secretary Home Awanish Kumar Awasthi deliberated to prepare a detailed action plan in this direction. โ€œThe government plans to establish public address systems in all major public places such as government offices, intersections, bus bases, fields where public presence is high, such as RTO offices, hospitals, tehsils from the prevention and awareness of corona,โ€ Awasthi added.

The Principal Secretary Transport Department informed in the meeting that the Uttar Pradesh Transport Corporation has a publicity plan for the publicity of the corona through audio visuals at all the bus stations by installing public address system in all buses, which is called Assurance to be completed in one month.

Principal Secretary, Transport said that in addition to this, in view of the expansion of road safety works, in view of the corona, the RTO office in the field will also submit an action plan related to public address system soon.

In the meeting, Additional Director General of Police, Headquarters was asked to submit a report to the government soon, giving information about the status of public address system wherever prevalent in the entire state and the current status of the equipment installed on it.

Similarly, they have been told that apart from this, a detailed proposal regarding the new places where public address system is to be set up should be presented to the government immediately by them.

The action plan is also required to be prepared and submitted as soon as possible under the Disaster Management of National Health Mission and Revenue Department for publicity of prevention of corona through public address system.