The campaign of the Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) to prevent and protect the citizens from diseases like dengue and malaria continued on Sunday.
BMC Additional Commissioner Sanjay Kumar, Chief Medical and Health Official (CMHO) Pankaj Shukla and City Health Officer SP Shrivastava went with the squad and checked the breeding of dengue larva.
The BMC squad went door- to -door in various areas of South TT Nagar and emptied the water tanks in many houses where malaria larva was found. The families in which larva was found were fined with Rs 200 each. The team also fined the families where unused tyres with accumulated water were found.
The team went to the slums and checked the overhead tanks, water tanks, coolers etc. in the houses. Temephos and other chemical medicines were also sprayed in these areas. The team also informed the residents about the diseases spreading and the ways to prevent them.
The team appealed the residents to keep a check that water should not be accumulated in the houses and the surrounding. They also instructed that water tanks, coolers etc should be cleaned regularly as breeding of the mosquitoes that spread dengue mostly take place in the accumulated water. The Corporation also appealed the citizens that if they see the dengue larva in accumulated water and tanks, they should immediately inform the malaria officer on phone number- 0755-2570328.