Hyderabad, Apr 13 () From police donning coronavirusshaped helmets to a car museum owner designing a whacky 'viruscar' and a folk singer bringing out a video on the need towash one's hands, people in Telangana have come out withinnovative ideas to create awareness about the pandemic.
The keepers of the law took out a bike rally in thecity recently with these scary looking helmets to grab theattention of two-wheeler riders and explain to them about thedangers of the virus and the need to take precautions.
"It is an effort to promote awareness on the pandemicand the need to take precautions," a police official said.
Some of their colleagues manning another road talkedabout the safety of washing hands frequently and how to goabout it, a video of which has gone viral.
K Sudhakar, owner of the well known SudhaCars Museum,which displays hand-made cars, has designed a coronavirus-shaped car.
He has earlier made cars in public interest on variousoccasions and for various causes, one of which was a 'cagecar' to spread the message not to cage birds, and the other,a 'helmet car' to promote road safety.
"Similarly, I made the coronavirus car to createawareness about the virus and to encourage people to stay athome," Sudhakar told P T I.
The single-seater six wheeled car has a 100 cc engineand can hit a speed of 40 kmph. It is made of fibreglass andtook him 10 days to make it, he said.
In another endeavour, Palle Narasimha of TelanganaPraja Natya Mandali, a CPI-affiliated cultural outfit, hasmade a video, singing a Telugu song about hand washing andother precautions to be taken to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
The song, sung in colloquial lingo, has been watchedby many on his social media accounts, besides being shared.
"I felt it was my responsibility to make people awarein these troubled times. Thats why I made the song. I amhappy it has been liked by many, he told P T I.
Mega star Chiranjeevi and other Telugu film stars havedone their part, taking to Twitter to urge people to stay athome to prevent the spread of of COVID-19.
Chiranjeevi and other renowned actors Nagarjuna, VarunTej and Sai Dharam Tej featured in a Coronavirus awarenessmusic video, reportedly recorded from their individualhomes. SJR APR SS
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