Collector Siddharth Komal Singh Pardeshi on Sunday visited village Kharkena in Takhatpur development block and met people affected by a seasonal outbreak of a disease at the health camp in the village.
Discussing with the villagers, the Collector asked them not to panic and said medical team has been deployed in the village.Pardeshi told them to inform health workers on seeing any kind of symptom of disease. He asked the villagers to be alert.
The Collector told the villagers not to drink water from open places and to pay attention on maintenance of pipeline.He also visited various houses in the village. While discussing with medical team, PHED and other officers concerned, the collector instructed to sound alert in surrounding villages also for the prevention of seasonal diseases.
Special attention should be given so that the disease does not spread in other areas and villagers be made aware of the importance of cleanliness. Under the cleanliness programme, he directed to supply soap to all houses in the village. Along with ‘Mitanins’, with the participation of voluntary organisations, villagers could be made aware of the importance of cleanliness. Sufficient quantity of chlorine tablets should be supplied to each house.
He said to deploy doctors in good numbers so that they could visit door-to-door.The Collector also directed to deploy two ambulances in the village immediately.He said that if children and the aged were affected, they should immediately be admitted in the district hospital. No carelessness should be shown in this work. He asked to sound alert in the village.
The PHED Executive Engineer said that drinking water testing has been done in the village. Drinking water is being supplied through tankers and Nal Jal Yojana pipelines were repaired.