Presiding over a workshop on vector-borne diseases and their control organised by the Health Department, Sundargarh Collector BS Poonia urged the industrial units to participate and take up sanitation and cleaning drive and spread awareness in their own areas by involving the urban local bodies and common people.
Since rainy season is round the corner, when dengue, chikungunia and malaria etc hit people, the workshop was held to sensitise people on ways to combat against the diseases and be on the safe side.Attending the workshop, CDMO Dr BK Nayak and District Malaria Officer Dr D Choudhury focused on the cause and prevention of the diseases.
Both said to combat against the diseases, a concerted effort is required involving officials of the Health, Education, Women and Child Welfare, Agriculture, Fisheries, Panchayati Raj, Pollution Control Board, Water Resource, UlBs and other line departments, apart from the general public. Among others, district immunization officer, DPM, block health officers and CDPOs were present.