With an aim to control spread of communicable diseases, including meningitis, the Uttar Pradesh government will launch Dastak campaign from July 17 to July 31. The government has already launched the Communicable Diseases campaign on July 1.
The directorate of urban bodies has directed all the municipal commissioners as well as general managers and executive officers of the Water Works department to send the daily report of the work done to the directorate.
Additionally, on every Saturday the compiled report will be made available to the directorate as well as to the government.
Directorate of urban bodies director Nitin Bansal, said as per the micro-plan all the officers must ensure garbage disposal, sanitisation, fogging, anti-larva spraying as well as cleaning of drains in the localities of the wards of their respective bodies along with getting defective hand pumps repaired, making clean drinking water available to people and preventing water logging in an effective and timely manner.
Meanwhile, a government spokesperson said that awareness campaigns would be conducted in urban areas for measures of environmental and personal hygiene such as no open defecation.
“Public representatives should be sensitised regarding prevention of encephalitis and other vector-borne diseases. Fogging should be carried out in urban areas, conducting intensive vector control,” he said.