<span style="color: #222222;">The Panchayati Raj department of Uttar Pradesh is spearheading the fight against the novel corona virus and working in tandem with the other ministries. In an exclusive interview with AIR news, Minister of Panchayati Raj Deparment in state Bhupendra Singh Chaudhry said that apart from sanitization work and giving facilities at quarantine centers at the ground level in villages and providing vital information to the government, panchayti raj department is actively involved in spreading awareness regarding the COVID-19 and the employees of the department and even pradhans have donated their salaries to the state covid care fund.</span><br />