Kupwara, April 26 (KNS): Dr Gulzar Ahmad Rather today assumed charge of Sub Divisional Magistrate(SDM), Karnah in district Kupwara.

Soon after assuming the charge, the SDM convened an introductory meeting of officers of local administration.

On the occasion, he also reviewed the present status of COVID containment measure and the implementation of COVID SOPs in the border subdivision.

He impressed on officers to implement the guidelines of covid SOPs in letter and spirit besides asked them to create awareness on the sanitation and vaccination to combat the surge of covid positive cases.(KNS)