The Raipur Municipal Corporation (RMC) has launched an intense campaign to check water and vector-borne diseases in the city.
Under this campaign, RMC on Tuesday carried out massive cleanliness drive in several municipal wards and also collected water samples from different localities in the city.
Following the directives of RMC Commissioner Saransh Mittar, Health Department of the Corporation carried special cleanliness drive by deploying large number of sanitation workers for cleanliness task.
Objective of the drive is to check mosquito breeding by ensuring regular and timely lifting of garbage from the localities and keeping drains free from stagnant water.
Moreover, the Health Wing of RMC is also takeing information on people suspected to be suffering from Dengue and other vector-borne diseases, said RMC officials.
Similarly, the Water Department of RMC conducted inspection to find out leakage in water supply lines.
Meanwhile, a team was pressed into the task of collecting water samples from different localities so that Chlorine level in water could be examined.
In the interest of people, the Health Department of RMC has organized medical camps in some areas of the city. On this occasion, a team of doctors and paramedical staff examine people and advise series of precautionary measures to be taken for protecting them from water and vector borne diseases. In the meantime, medical staff called on people to keep their surrounding clean.
RMC Commissioner Saransh Mittar gave specific directives to officials concerned of the Corporation to ensure regular monitoring of cleanliness work and task of supplying clean water to people.