To draw on local participation in bringing down Covid-19 cases in the state, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has given directions to start a Mera gaon, corona mukt gaon campaign at the rural level and a similar drive in urban areas at the ward level.

The best performing areas will be rewarded through variouss means. This is being done, the CM said, to generate awareness about the novel coronavirus and ensuring that everyone followed Covid appropriate behaviour.

Out of the 98,386 revenue villages in the state, complete testing had taken place in 89,512 villages and patients had been found in 28,742 villages where testing was being increased.

In this initiative, all public representatives and agencies will encourage people to follow Covid protocols and ensure that others follow them too. Villages in a district declared Covid-free first will be given benefits of some social schemes.