RAJKOT: Setting an example for aggressive vaccination against Covid, the Surendrangar district administration reached remote a pilgrim centre in the Little Rann of Kutch to administer the first dose of Covid vaccines.
The Vaccharaj Beyt is around 25 km from the last village Zinzuvada in Patdi taluka. The place houses the Vachhraj Dada temple, a popular pilgrim centre.
The temple also runs a gaushala that has around 6,000 cows. Out of a staff of 54 people, 33 are stationed at the centre throughout the year for maintaining the cow shed.
Ruturaj Jadhav, prant officer of Patdi, said that the vaccination staff reached the pilgrim centre with the help of the villagers. “These 33 people were left out of the vaccination drive, so we contacted them. We went there with the support of villagers. The staff used a tractor to reach the pilgrim centre,” Jadhav said.
The tractor took two and half hours to complete the 25 km journey. Devotees visit the temple throughout the year except the monsoon when the area turns into an island.
Even the salt pan workers leave the place for around six months as the adjoining areas get submerged in rains.
Surendrangar district has administered ten lakh first doses and around 3.60 lakh people have got both the doses.
