Varanasi: Under the ongoing vaccination drive, the Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW) has so far vaccinated 35,000 people including railway employees and non-railway individuals.
The BLW spokesperson Rajesh Kumar said that taking forward the goal of Covid-19 vaccination as a mission, the medical team has fully utilized the Covid vaccine doses supplied by the state government.
The BLW has vaccinated about 85% of the railway personnel.
The remaining employees could not be vaccinated due to being infected with Covid.
According to him, at present, while ensuring the due compliance of the instructions specified by the Government of India, the railway employees, their families and non-railway persons, so far 35,204 eligible beneficiaries have been vaccinated.
The first dose of vaccine was given to 10,943 people including 6,100 railway and 4,843 non-railway beneficiaries, while the second dose was given to 2,4261 people including 9,465 railways and 14,796 non-railway beneficiaries.
Keeping in mind the problems of the persons with disability and elderly persons, the vaccination workers themselves go to them and vaccinate them.
Besides, cleaning and sanitization are being done daily in various workshop premises, administration buildings, offices, colony premises, following the Covid protocols for awareness, prevention of infection and vaccination related messages.
It has been displayed through banners and posters.