The Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) once again on Wednesday issued notices to the dengue affected district collectors and their concerned Revenue Divisional Commissions (RDCs) to file separate status report and action-taken report over the dengue situation in their respective areas.
The OHRC on July eight had issued similar notices to at least five district collectors and when they failed to comply with it, the Commission has once again issued the notices to 14 districts and the three RDCs of the State to comply with the notices positively within two weeks, informed advocate Nishikant Mishra, who has petitioned the OHRC.
Meanwhile, the dengue situation in Cuttack city and its adjoining areas is continuing to worsen unabated despite tall claims of measures being taken by the State government, Cuttack district administration and the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC). At least 220 patients, 13 of them seriously, are currently undergoing treatment at SCB Hospital here on Wednesday.
At a high-level meeting under the chairmanship of the Cuttack Collector, it was decided that 15 teams comprising engineers, doctors and municipal officials would move around the industrial estates of the city to undertake the cleaning and sanitation work in war footing manner to complete the drive by July 31 positively.