Mumbai: Cuffe Parade is on mission vaccination

Cuffe Parade is on mission vaccination and Covid19 free Cuffe Parade ldquoboth go togetherrdquo said Anand Sheth honorary secretary Cuffe Parade Residents Association CPRA Locals along with their cooperative housing society committee representatives have pressed the gas pedal on seeing that Cuffe Paradians get the shot ldquosince that is the only way to ensure a decline in cases and hopefully a Covid19 free very near futurerdquo said ShethThe drive at Jolly Maker 3 buildingSmall stepsOperating on the principle many small steps make one giant leap Cuffe Parade locals believed that they must take onus for their specific arealdquoIf the people find it difficult to go for the vaccine the vaccine must come to themrdquo they said Since May 31 Cuffe Parade has seen vaccine drives in buildings like Jolly Maker 3 Maker Tower H I J K L Venus Jupiter Cuffe Castle Sunflower Clover Sealand Pallonji Mansion Dalamal Park and Maker Tower A amp BOn Friday buildings Sea Lord wing A amp B Casablanca Satnam Palm Springs MehrDad and Jalkiran held vaccination drives Said Sheth ldquoWe have tied up with private hospitals and facilitated this The idea is to get as many people vaccinated as we can A big stumbling block we realised was that people were finding it difficult to get slots and finally never went to centres The big lsquoIrsquo was inaccessibility We decided to turn lsquoIrsquo to lsquoArsquo accessibility and were in overdrive for this mission We have had 21plus buildings and over 1600 people vaccinated since May 31 Counting yesterday this may even be 2000rdquoStaffers tooSheth explained the jab was given to 18 plus onwards ldquoIt is not just highrise residents but staffers too working as maids drivers building watchmen who have been vaccinated in these drives We realised that if slots are only for 45 plus we leave out most domestic staff who fall below 45 years So many employers brought them along too for their shot We also have at least four vaccination centres in and around Cuffe Parade Those who wish to can take their shots there we are encouraging that toordquo said ShethThe drive began with Jolly Maker 3 on May 31 and a Standard Operating Procedure SOP was put in place ldquoAfter that several building committee representatives called us at Jolly Maker 3 for details and they wanted to replicate that in their buildings The stage was set then and it was full steam aheadrdquo said Sheth enthusiasticallySpeedy movesCPRA committee member Haresh Hathiramani said residents from a large swathe of housing societies in the Old Cuffe Parade area Prakash Pethe Marg have also been vaccinated a few days earlier ldquoWhat is heartening is the speed at which this drive is happening We are enthused that staffers of households and building security have also been vaccinated This was the first shot given to the 18plus age group Now the SOPs are in place and we are sure that the second dose will be an organic easy process as the blueprint for target Covid19 free Cuffe Parade is already setrdquo he said on an upbeat noteLocals have stated that the organisation has been spot on and buildings have also had ambulances on standby just in case they are needed ldquoWe are racing towards our Mission Vaccination goal towards June endrdquo they signed off stressing that may be ambitious but an achievable deadline