Thiruvananthapuram: Two days after the demise of Kerala’s centenarian woman Communist leader K.R. Gouriamma at the age of 102, a district in the state with an all-woman team at the helm is demonstrating how the COVID-19 pandemic can be dealt with efficiently and with soft hands.
Kottayam district, which shot into national limelight 32 years ago when its capital town by the same name became the first town in India to be fully literate in 1989, is now setting multiple examples in efficiently steering through the pandemic days.
All-woman team
Kottayam’s district panchayat president, district collector and district superintendent of police are all women – Nirmala Jimmy, M. Anjana and Shilpa Dyavaiah respectively.