Educating its councillors about deadly vector borne diseases like dengue, malaria and chikungunya, East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC)conducted a day long special awareness programme on Tuesday. The objective of the programme was to create awareness among the councillors so that they can carry out preventive and curative measures to control vector-borne diseases in their respective municipal wards effectively.
East Delhi Municipal Corporation Mayor Bipin Bihari said that diseases such as dengue and chikungunya pose a great challenge to public health and councillors must be well aware about the ways to control it so that they can also brief residents of their areas. He said that East Delhi is a highly-populated and high-density area which makes it more vulnerable to vector-borne diseases.
East Delhi Municipal Corporation Entomologist Parul Jain gave a detail presentation on breeding of mosquitoes, their life cycle and behavioural pattern.
The programme was presided over by East Delhi Mayor Bipin Bihari Singh. Deputy Mayor Kiran Vaid, Standing Committee Chairman Satyapal Singh and leader of House Nirmal Jain were also present.