The campaign of the Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) started last month to protect the citizens from diseases like malaria and dengue, continued on Tuesday.
The BMC squad went door-to-door in Zones — 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 14 and checked the overhead tanks, water tanks, coolers etc, as dengue larvae mostly breed in accumulated water.
The citizens were also informed about the diseases spreading in this season and the ways to prevent them.
The team went to Ward 1 and 2 of Zone 1 and sprayed insecticides on all the trash boxes of that area .
The team also went to Bairagarh, Royal Market, Sadar Manzil, Fiza Colony, JP Nagar, Mechanical Market, Bus Stand, Indira Nagar, Hamidia Road, Alkapuri, Islampura areas of the city and sprayed insecticides.
The squad further went to Balveer Nagar, New Market, Government schools of Zone -8, Ashoka Garden, Rajendra Nagar, E-7 Arera Colony, lakshman Nagar, Bharat Nagar, Vidya Nagar, Manisha Market and various other areas for spraying insecticides.
Temephos and various other chemical medicines were also sprayed in these areas. The team also went to the houses of these areas and informed the residents about the precautions to be taken in monsoon to prevent the spread of diseases.
They 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.