COVID-19: Krishnagar Police District provides PPE kits to journalists as frontline warriors

Biswabrata Goswami

KRISHNAGAR, 15 MAY: The Krishnagar police district, today, has provided around 50 personal protective equipment (PPE) kits to the journalists covering news related to Covid-19 in the field.

Zafar Ajmal Kidwai, superintendent of police, said, “Along with doctors, paramedical staff, nurses, police and sanitation workers, the media journalists are also doing the Covid-19 coverage on the frontline and they often visit several suspected areas for newsgathering. Therefore, we decided to equip them with PPEs for their safety as media is an important tool to fight against the Covid-19, as it is providing day to day factual information to the public and also spreading awareness”.

“The use of PPE kits while coverage will give safety to journalists and they will work confidently”, said Maqsood Hasan, DSP (D&T).

Giving details about PPE kits, Brajendra Mohan Dutta, OC, Computer Cell said, “Each kit consists of one PPE, one hand sanitiser bottle and a cotton mask.”

The journalists and photographers who attended the programme thanked Mr Kidwai for providing important kits during this tough time.