LUCKNOW: To strengthen the campaign to create awareness among the people on Covid-appropriate behaviour, various mosques in Lucknow on Friday started making audio announcements to urge people to get vaccinated and follow Covid protocol strictly.
Initiated by the member of the All-India Muslim Personal Law Board and chief of Islamic Centre of India (ICI), Maulana Khalid Rasheed Farangi Mahli, the announcements, started after Friday prayers, will continue to spread awareness on the need to stay vigilant against new strains of coronavirus and the importance of vaccination.
“New strains of the virus are being reported in the country and vaccination is the only way to stay safe against the disease.
Not just our family, we should also motivate our friends and acquaintances to get vaccinated quickly,” said the cleric, who is also the Imam of Aishbagh Eidgah.
An audio message in the cleric’s voice has been recorded and circulated among different mosques of the city to ramp up sensitization programme.
During Ramzan last year, when the country was under lockdown, a similar activity was carried out by the ICI where a mobile audio announcement unit made rounds of the Old City areas asking people to follow Covid guidelines.
The ICI premises in Aishbagh Eidgah was also the first religious place in the city to double up as a vaccination centre in May.