CURATED BY – GUARAV SINGHAL | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Saharanpur, A meeting of the Inter-Departmental Coordination Committee for the control of communicable diseases was held in the new auditorium at the Collectorate under the chairmanship of District Magistrate Dr. Dinesh Chandra. DM Dr. Dinesh Chandra said that for effective control of communicable diseases and brain fever, a special communicable disease control campaign will be run from 01 to 31 July and Dastak Abhiyan from 11 to 31 July. District Magistrate Dr. Dinesh Chandra directed all the concerned officers to ensure effective control of communicable diseases through inter-departmental cooperation of Medical Health and Family Welfare, ICDS, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Department, Education Department, Municipal Corporation, Agriculture Department, Animal Husbandry Department, Swachh Bharat Mission, Culture Department, Medical Education Department and other related departments. Work should be done by preparing an action plan for the successful implementation of Communicable Disease Control and Dastak Abhiyan. DM Dr. Dinesh Chandra said that proper arrangements for cleanliness and waterlogging disposal should be ensured in urban and rural areas. For the awareness of people, various types of activities should be conducted in such a way that they can develop understanding towards communicable disease control. He directed the education department to establish communication with students in schools for the prevention and control of diseases and explain to them that malaria, chikungunya and other vector borne diseases spread more due to their negligence. He said that pig farms should be established away from the population and extensive cleanliness arrangements should be made. Bushes should be cut in cities and rural areas. During the campaign, people should be made aware about the disease through door-to-door publicity through the health department and other supporting departments, Anganwadi workers, so that people can be protected from getting communicable diseases. DM Dr. Dinesh Chandra said that extensive public awareness should be run under the campaign in which trained health workers go door-to-door and give information about the prevention and treatment of diseases. For maximum impact of the campaign among the general public, all activities should be widely publicized. Heads of departments in all government offices, teachers in schools, executive officers in urban bodies and Gram Vikas Adhikari at the village level should create awareness about adopting all necessary measures for environmental and personal hygiene and prevention of diseases. District Magistrate Dr. Dinesh Chandra directed to focus their activities on sensitive population groups in urban areas and urban slums. Fogging should be done along with anti-larva activity in rural and urban areas. Along with this, intensive vector control and sensitization activities should be conducted in high risk areas provided by the Health Department. Awareness campaigns should be conducted in urban and rural areas for measures of environmental and personal hygiene, not defecating in the open, use of pure drinking water and prevention of mosquitoes. For the success of the campaign, all departments should work by making micro plans. On this occasion, Chief Development Officer Sumit Rajesh Mahajan, Chief Medical Officer Dr. Sanjeev Manglik, Additional District Magistrate Administration Dr. Archana Dwivedi, SP Traffic Siddharth Verma, PD DRDA Pranay Krishna, District Malaria Officer Shivanka Gaur and senior officers of the concerned departments were present.