UDHAMPUR : Swachhta Action Plan (SAP) Club of Government College for Women Udhampur, in collaboration with Mahatma Gandhi National Council of Rural Education (MGNCRE), Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India and NSS units of the College, today launched an Action Research Programme on Covid Appropriate Behaviour and Vaccination promotion. The research programme will continue for about 15 days.

In this Action Research Programme various activities will be organized with the help of SAP and NSS volunteers. The various activities include Awareness rallies, Door to door campaign, presentation of skits/nukad naataks, poster making competition and awareness speeches in local language. Besides, cultural events will also be organized.

The first day started with the flagging off the rally by the Principal of the college, Prof. Minu Mahajan.

Before flagging off the rally, the Principal highlighted the importance of Swachhta Action Plan and the need to propagate different elements of SAP across the community.

The rally started from the entry point of Rathian village and covered about 2 KM distance. The message of the rally was conveyed with the help of placards and through recitation of slogans. The rally was escorted by SAP club members and NSS POs, Dr. Kewal Kumar, Prof. Sumita Rao, Prof Sanjay Kumar, Prof Sanjeev Upadhyay and Prof Tania Mahajan.

After the rally, the volunteers visited Panchayat Ghar, Rathian where they were welcomed by the Sarpanch, Dewan Singh along with Panches. He congratulated the volunteers for taking up the cause of spreading awareness among villagers about Covid SOPs. The volunteers had an interactive session with the villagers regarding Covid Appropriate Behaviour and Vaccination promotion. They also conducted a cleanliness drive in the premises of Panchayat Ghar.