| Jal Shakti, PDD employees be vaccinated first: Raman Suri | | | JAMMU, Dec 6: “Now that vaccine for COVID-19 infections is around the corner and Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir along with other states is gearing itself up to ensure fair delivery and distribution of vaccine, the Government must ensure that it reaches the most deserving ones first”. This was stated by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Executive Member Raman Suri who added, though the planners have included health and municipal workers in their list of groups to be administered vaccine in initial stage, yet employees of Jal Shakti, Power Development Department (PDD) and teaching community besides other such vulnerable groups must also be given vaccine as per convenience, arrangements and priorities. The UT of J&K, he added, has lost many such employees on duty especially those of PDD, who had been managing uninterrupted supply of electricity round the clock during past ten months. Many officials of the department lost their lives in the line of duty. Seeing the engagement and exposure of such employees, the Government must also take them into consideration for administering vaccine. Appreciating the government for including healthcare workers and frontline workers including armed forces, home guards, police, volunteers and municipal workers in their database for administering the vaccine in its initial stages, Raman Suri said that if possible, the vaccine should also be made available in open markets for those who can afford to buy and stop spread of infection.
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