FOUR CASES IN KABIR NAGAR AND TWO IN GOLDEN COLONY PHASE-1
Jalandhar, July 11(wishavwarta):-In its drive to sensitize the people to not to allow stagnation of water, clean the water storage tanks, coolers and waste containers daily under ‘Mission Fateh’ program of the state government, the health department on Saturday conducted the drive against vector-borne diseases in various parts of the city.
The teams of the anti-larva cell of the health department led by Epidemiologist Dr Satish Kumar detected dengue larva at six places.
The members of the anti-larva cell including Mr Bakhshish Singh, Mr Shakti Gopal, Mr Jaswinder Singh, Mr Sher Singh, Mr Amit Kumar, Mr Gurpal Singh, Mr Tarlochan Ram and Mr Satpal and others inspected Lasuri Mohalla, Golden Colony Phase-1, Kabir Nagar, adjoining areas and various wards of the civil hospital.
Out of the six larva cases, four cases were found in Kabir Nagar and two in Golden Colony Phase-1.
During the checking, the teams visited 193 houses and checked 19 air coolers and 263 waste containers.
Epidemiologist Dr Satish Kumar said the teams’ members sensitized the people that these places could act as a breeding ground for the mosquitoes to spread diseases like dengue, malaria and others so these must be cleaned regularly. They were told wear full sleeve clothes and don’t allow the stagnation of the water.