An anti-dengue drive and awareness bike-car rally was conducted on Sunday by Chandigarh-UT Administration Health Department’s malaria wing, in collaboration with an NGO-Contribution Smart City Chandigarh. More than 70 bikers and 20 cars participated in the event.
The participants included volunteers of NGO, officers, officials, and field workers from Malaria Wing of Health Department. The rally was flagged off by Advisor to the UT Administrator Dr Dharampal and appreciated the efforts of the Health Department for the anti-dengue drive.
He asked the Health Department to continue their efforts to contain dengue and other vector borne diseases.
The rally proceeded from Sector 9 to the four sensitive areas — Daria, Faidan, Dadumajra, and Maloya. On reaching these areas, an extensive house-to-house survey for mosquitogenic situation was carried out.
Besides, IEC activities like megaphone announcements and pamphlet distribution regarding dengue preventive measures were carried out by the teams. Fogging was also done in the different locations at these places by the teams.
A total of 21 notices were also served to the defaulters for mosquitogenic conditions.