KOLKATA: The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) is preparing a Covid vaccination database of all residents, domestic workers and security guards residing within the jurisdiction of New Town who are yet to get their first or second dose of Covid vaccines.
The resident welfare associations of gated communities and block committees have been asked to mail the lists of such persons to NKDA in an enclosed format as provided by the authorities.
Officials said that most of the residents living in the gated communities have at least received their first dose of vaccine as several of the RWAs had earlier tied up with private hospitals to conduct vaccination within their complexes for residents, but the same is not with the individual block committees, where residents mostly are either going to the NKDA run vaccination camps or going to private hospitals for vaccination.
“We would get to know the approximate figures as to who are yet to get their first dose or second dose of vaccine jab once we get the list from the RWAs. On an average around 200 persons are getting vaccinated from the two vaccination centers in every day as per availability of vaccines,” said a NKDA official.
In neighbouring Salt Lake, the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) ward committees are periodically organising vaccination camps in their respective wards to coverall residents, domestic helps and others with their first or second dose of Covid vaccines.
“We are conducting vaccination drive in different wards periodically in phases depending on the availability of vaccines, with special attention on vaccinating domestic helps and others working in households in Salt Lake as many of them have not been vaccinated,” said a BMC official, adding that on an average around2,500 persons were getting vaccinated on a daily basis.
Many of the block residents have already taken their first dose of vaccine as several block committees had earlier conducted paid vaccination camps in the block community centers, tying up with private hospitals or healthcare service providers.
BMC authorities have been conducting a survey to find out how many have been left to the vaccinated as it has been found out that till date about 25% of residents in BMC area have been fully vaccinated and nearly half of the population have received their first dose of vaccine but close to 50% of residents were still yet to get the first dose of Covid vaccines.
