The Delhi Government will launch the “10 Hafte 10 Baje 10 Minute” awareness campaign on Sunday which is a 10-week mass awareness campaign against vector borne diseases. The Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will kick start the campaign Sunday at 10 AM for 10 minutes by inspecting his own residence for stagnant clean water inside his home or his surroundings, which can lead to the breeding of mosquitoes that spread diseases such as dengue, malaria, and chikungunya.
The campaign, which begins September 6, will continue every Sunday. Kejriwal had appealed to the ministers, MLAs, and the citizens to begin the mega-campaign from their own homes and spend 10 minutes every Sunday to make sure there is no stagnant water in their homes and surroundings.
After the first week of the launch of the flagship campaign, a doctor will share advice on the do’s and don’ts to prevent dengue in the second week.
“The campaign also seeks to engage the residents to pick up the phone and call 10 of their friends/relatives and advise them on the good practices of preventing dengue. The resident’s welfare association will be asked to come together and help in the fight against dengue and promote the campaign,” the government said in a statment.
Many celebrities and social media influencers will also take part in the campaign by recording themselves following the good practices advised during the campaign and subsequently share through their various social media channels, it said.
At various stages, children will be encouraged to take part in the campaign by assigning them homework on behalf of the schools and asking them to call their friends to encourage them to take part in the campaign as well, it said, adding that neighbourhoods will be encouraged to follow the good practices of preventing dengue.
Asserting that the Delhi government will attain success in its fight against dengue this year as well, Delhi Health minister Satyendar Jain said, “Last year, when we launched the 10 Hafte 10 Baje 10 Minute campaign, we were successfully able to defeat dengue by collective efforts of the Delhiites and the governments.
“The fatality rate due to dengue was negligible. This year also, the Delhi government will fight dengue by making Delhiites partners in its ‘10 Hafte 10 Baje 10 Minute’ campaign against mosquito breeding,” he added.
Last year, through the 10 Hafte 10 Baje 10 Minute campaign which was launched in September 2019, there were only 2036 cases in Delhi and two deaths due to dengue, as compared to 2015, when the Dengue cases were 15867 and there were 60 deaths.