From arranging oxygen cylinders and food to setting up Covid care centres, several housing societies in Gurugram — RWAs and individuals alike — came forward and undertook various steps during the second wave and the lockdown that ensued. As part of TOI’s My Society Pride initiative, dozens of RWA members have written to us sharing their efforts. Here’s a look at a few:
Ardee City, Sector 52
Initiatives undertaken by the RWA
Restricting use of parks, gyms, clubhouses, swimming pools, regular updates on lockdown mandates, ensuring ‘containment protocols’, separate garbage collection from Covid patients’ homes, camps for testing, vaccination, donation, organising online activities
Other arrangements within society
Oxygen bank, in-house medical supervision, hospital beds coordination service, ambulance service, home-cooked food
Special measures to support security and maintenance support staff
Providing meals and essential items, financial assistance to deceased staff’s family
Mapsko Casabella, Sector 82
Arrangements made by RWA within society
Oxygen cylinder bank /oxygen concentrators, quarantine centre, in-house medical supervision, plasma coordination service, hospital beds coordination service, ambulance Service, home-cooked food
The Vilas, Sector 25, DLF Phase 2
Arrangements within society
Regular updates on lockdown mandates, ensure ‘Containment Protocols’, camps for testing and vaccination
Initiatives undertaken by the RWA
Oxygen cylinder bank/ oxygen concentrators, home-cooked food
The Legend Apartments, Sector 57, Sushant Lok -3
Initiatives undertaken by the RWA
Restricting use of parks, gyms, clubhouses, swimming pools, regular updates on lockdown mandates, follow ‘Containment Protocols’, separate garbage collection from Covid patients’ homes, camps for testing and vaccination
Other arrangements within society
Oxygen cylinders and concentrator banks, in-house medical supervision, plasma coordination service, home-cooked food
