Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj convened a meeting, on late Friday evening, with officials from various departments to ensure preparedness against dengue during the monsoon season in the city, officials said on Saturday.

Giving details, they said in this meeting, it was reported that 40 lakh pamphlets have been printed for public distribution, ASHA workers have been sensitised about dengue awareness, the radio jingle file has been processed and will start soon, and genome sequencing of samples has been increased.

The participants in the meeting included officials from Home & Family Welfare (H&FW), GNCTD, Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), MCD, NDMC, Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB), PWD, Directorate of Education, Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (DSIIDC), and Irrigation and Flood Control (I&FC).

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) briefed the Delhi Health Minister  that all schools under MCD are providing kids with dengue home work cards.

Breeding checking has been increased. MCD gave a presentation wherein they highlighted the common area under different departments where breeding is commonly found.

The Minister directed the Special Secretary (Health) to call the Police and cantonment board in the next meeting.

The directorate of Education intimated Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj that an advisory has been issued in May and the 2nd advisory would be issued in the 2nd week of July. PTM to be arranged in the last week of July wherein parents would also be sensitized for dengue and malaria related precautions. All schools have been directed to direct students to wear full sleeves clothings.

The Health Minister directed that proper monitoring be in place since private schools are not following the directions regarding full sleeves clothings and also a mechanism to be developed for checking dengue homework cards.  While the NDMC, informed the Minister that advisory and dengue homework cards have been issued.

Minister directed DUSIB that proper checks be done in JJ clusters to stop mosquito breeding. Officials from DUSIB informed that they are regularly monitoring and also deployed pumps to drain the Water.

Bharadwaj directed DSIIDC that industries and areas under them may also keep a regular check. Officials from DSIIDC informed that the contractor has been directed not to let water deposition in the working area and also inform the preventive measures to laborers working under them.