Assam Rifles organises awareness on 'Tika Utsav'

IMPHAL, Apr 11 (PIB)
Four day long Tika Utsav or Vaccine festival is being organised by Government of India in the country from 11 to 14 Apr 2021.  In order to inoculate maximum number of eligible people against COVID amid a worrying surge in cases and to support Tika Utsav, 44 Assam Rifles under the aegis of  22 Sect AR/ IGAR(E) made its continuous and deliberate efforts to curtail the upsurge of COVID cases in its area of responsibility by conducting vaccination drives for troops and promulgating information through awareness campaigns for the public in Tamenglong district.
In the present situation where number of positive cases and mortality rate due to COVID is high on daily basis, 44 Assam Rifles Battalion headquarters and its COB at Dikuiram reached out to locals  to spread the message and appeal locals to get vaccinated as many eligible people as many possible and target zero vaccine wastage.
The aim of Tika Utsav is to educate the locals about the importance of maintaining a healthy day to day life style along with routine exercise/ yoga and good food habits to cope up with current situation.
The attendees to these awareness campaigns would be greatly benefitted by the information pertaining to COVID free health. The battalion is endeavouring to incorporate various civil administration authority, church authorities, CSOs, Youth leaders and public opinion makers to further spread the awareness about vaccine.