Patiala administration plans massive campaign against Dengue
By Amrit Pal Brar
Patiala, 23 August 2019: The Patiala administration led by Kumar Amit Deputy Comissioner has launched a massive awareness campaign against the Dengue under a well planned program. The campaign has been given an appealing slogan “Iss Shukarvar Dengue te Vaar”.
The campaign has been launched with a series of operations involving various NGOs, Councillors, Sarpanches and other people to achieve a goal .i.e. Saada Patiala banega Dengue Mukt.
Speaking with APS Brar, DC Kumar Amit IAS said “We have chalked out a program in which various sections of the society will be involved to give it a missionery outlook”. The trained ground force NSS Volunteers along with Course Coordinator, All Councillors of MC Patiala and Nagar Councils in district Patiala, Sarpanches in all villages will participate in campaign against Dengue. They will carry out rallies, door-to-door campaign to awaken the masses about dengue- its prevention, consequences, added Kumar Amit.
A working plan has been announced by DC Kumar Amit as under:
a. NSS volunteers and their instructors- to visit the hotspot areas where maximum numbers of dengue cases were reported in past years.
b. Councillors- to visit wards in the areas of Municipal Corporation, all Nagar Councils and carry out door-to-door campaign.
c. School students- to inspect their houses and adjoining 3 houses and check water stagnation
d. Sarpanches- to carry out the awareness drive in their villages- door-to-door campaign, public meeting etc.