Residents of areas under Hinjili Municipality in Odisha`s Ganjam district will get a discount of at least 5 percent on purchasing goods from grocery stores in the town, with the only condition being that the buyer would have been fully vaccinated for Covid-19 vaccine. The purpose of this step is to ramp up vaccination, to remove the confusion in the mind of the general public, as well as to tell the importance of the vaccine and its protective role.

The executive officer Manorapjan Sahu has confirmed that till now at least 10 such shopkeepers have made this offer followed by appeals from the Hinjili Municipality. He also said that the civic body would not bear the losses that the traders would incur in the process. Further, he added that they will compensate for the losses from the profits they make and this move is a part of tire initiative of community participation in the vaccination drive.

Lucky Draw in Chennai

To encourage people to get vaccinated, a lucky draw scheme of biryani and freebies was introduced in a fishermen`s village in the major southern city of Chennai. The scheme has worked and the number of vaccinations in the village has increased. It should be noted that earlier, only a few people could be vaccinated here in two months, for this work, a weekly lucky draw has been made, in which there is talk of giving mixers, grinders and gold coins as gifts.

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