Keeping in view the rising cases of dengue in the State, Housing and Urban Development Minister Puspendra Singh Deo has directed all the municipal corporations, municipalities and NACs to cleanse each and every ward in their jurisdictions.
The Minister while reviewing a meeting of the northern and southern district municipal executive officers, engineers and accountants on Wednesday and Thursday directed them to conduct sanitation drives in every ward at least once in a week.
He asked the civic body employees to be extra vigil on accumulation of plastic bottles, unused tyres and other such items in which water would be stored thereby facilitating breeding of mosquito.
The officials also were directed to spend allocation given to them under 14th Finance Commission.
Besides, the civic bodies have been asked to solve the road side vendor issues as per the Government guidelines.
The Minister asked the officials to complete the distribution of identity cards to road side vendors and identification of land for their shops by October 31.