The farmers’ protest was the first motive behind the unfold of the Coronavirus in Punjab and Haryana is a widely known truth. But, within the villages of Harayana, misinformation is being unfold that telecommunication towers are emitting Coronavirus and 5G testing is the first motive behind the pandemic.“Misinformation attributing the Covid-19 fatalities to the testing of 5G towers is doing the rounds. This has led to damage to mobile towers by misguided elements,” state chief secretary Vijai Vardhan stated in his communication to the DCs and SSPs on Thursday.The chief secretary has additionally instructed the district directors to take strict coercive motion in opposition to these spreading rumours on 5G. “Take strict, coercive and immediate action against any miscreant spreading such misleading rumours,” the chief secretary stated.Since final November, when the scars of the primary Corona wave have been nonetheless afresh, the farmers within the state of Punjab, Haryana, and Western Uttar Pradesh have been protesting the farm legal guidelines. Despite repeated calls from the Union authorities to speak over the problems and name off the protest, the tamasha is happening, even through the lethal second wave.The farmers’ protest has develop into a super-spreader occasion in these states, and this has led to the unfold of the virus in rural areas. Moreover, the fatality charge in these states, particularly in Punjab – the epicentre of protest – is way increased in comparison with the remainder of the nation.As Covid spreads within the rural areas of Haryana, the Khattar authorities is making an attempt to reduce the injury with a manifold improve in door-to-door testing and augmentation of medical infrastructure. The silly protesters are posing an extra burden on the federal government at a time when its palms are already full.However, the farmers are actually making an attempt to hurt the business and spreading rumours that 5G testing is the reason for Corona and the towers are spreading Coronavirus. Previously, months in the past when the farmer’s protest was at its peak, the farmers destroyed a lot of Reliance Jio towers in protest in opposition to the Modi authorities.The misinformation is resulting in threats to cellular towers and in lots of locations, individuals tried to destory both the towers or hurt the individuals working them. “The impact of this misleading campaign has led the telecom infrastructure providers to face huge issues in the operation and maintenance of existing telecom towers and installation of new telecom towers due to the increasing resistance from the miscreant elements,” stated Rahul Dhall, Tower and Infrastructure Providers Association (Taipa).Read More: A protesting farmer died of Covid-19 and even Punjab Govt is miffed at faux farmers for spreading Covid within the stateT R Dua, director common of Taipa, stated, “Such incidents, if not brought under control, may significantly impact the telecom connectivity at large and deprive the general public/government bodies from getting uninterrupted telecom services at crucial junction of Covid-19 when telecom and internet connectivity are essential for enabling work from home, virtual meetings, e-commerce, e-education, e-health and various other initiatives of the government including the vaccination which requires technology and connectivity support for various purposes.”The farmer’s protest has already prompted the lack of hundreds of crores to the exchequer and thus, the federal government. Now, the protestors are additionally inflicting crores of rupees to business and telecom infrastructure. The authorities should intervene proactively and punish those that are inflicting lack of hundreds of crores of rupees to the general public exchequer in addition to business.