Hyderabad, April 16:  Governor Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan on Friday directed the Telangana branch of the Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS), to intensify its efforts to reach out to more people during the present Covid-19 crisis.
She stated that as the second wave of Covid-19 was affecting more people, it was time that the IRCS increased its number of active volunteers and take up a wide variety of service activities.
Dr Soundararajan, who is also the president of the IRCS Telangana State unit, reviewed the functioning of all the 33 district units of the Red Cross through a video conference from Puducherry, where she is holding an additional charge as the Lt. Governor, a Raj Bhavan communiqué here said.
“The district units need to come up with innovative initiatives to reach out to the needy. It is a bounden duty of the IRCS units to help, motivate and facilitate the vaccination of tribal and other vulnerable people in their respective areas,” she added.
The Governor also announced financial assistance of Rs One Lakh each to the IRCS urban units of Hyderabad, Rangareddy, Medchal Malkajigiri, and Warangal (Urban) districts and has also sanctioned Rs 50,000 each to all the remaining IRCS district units in the State.
“The amount needs to be used to facilitate the transportation of tribal people and other underprivileged sections for the vaccination centers.
Ensuring the vaccination to all the eligible tribal people and slum-dwellers in the state should be a top priority,” Dr. Soundararajan added. (UNI)