Hyderabad: Initiative to curb vector-borne diseases gets good response

Hyderabad: Many Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs) along with elected representatives participated in the ‘10 minutes at 10 AM every Sunday’ initiative from different parts of the city. Allwyn Colony, Jagathgirigutta, Gajularamaram, Hakimpet, Tolichowki, Alwal and Secunderabad were among the many areas that the programme was held successfully by Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC). As part […]

Hyderabad: Many Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs) along with elected representatives participated in the ‘10 minutes at 10 AM every Sunday’ initiative from different parts of the city.

Allwyn Colony, Jagathgirigutta, Gajularamaram, Hakimpet, Tolichowki, Alwal and Secunderabad were among the many areas that the programme was held successfully by Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC).

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As part of the programme, citizens along with GHMC officials cleared water stagnation points in homes and surroundings. Other activities include, sensitising and explaining to people about the adverse impact of Dengue and Malaria, identifying places in houses and premises which can turn into mosquito breeding spots and informing people about the need to empty stagnant water regularly.

In several areas including Allwyn Colony – phase 1, Kukatpally and Tolichowki, civic body officials went around the bylanes holding banners and announcing precautionary measures. Posters with Do’s and Don’ts pertaining to vector borne diseases were also pasted and distributed on Sunday.

The programme, which aims at encouraging community participation in containing the vector borne diseases, was started on the instructions of Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao.

“It is not possible to fight diseases without the support of people. There are entomology staffers in the civic body who dedicatedly sensitise people and put in maximum efforts to curb vector borne diseases,” said GHMC Chief Entomologist Ram Babu.

After the Sunday’s drive, civic body officials said that though residents are being sensitised, clearing the stagnant water in open plots owned by private individuals and the pools of water in under-construction sites were turning out to be a challenge.

“To clean private properties we are coordinating with RWAs and contacting the owners. Garbage being dumped in open plots is also one of the major hurdles,” said a GHMC official who was a part of the drive in Kukatpally Zone.

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