After 12 test positive, dengue meet in Salt Lake

KOLKATA: The Bidhhannagar civic authorities have have started working on its plan to forestall a dengue outbreak, after 12 persons have been tested NS 1 positive between January and March 15.
A total of 2,850 persons have been tested NS 1 positive within the town last year. In 2016, the NS 1 positive determine was once 1,407 and in 2015 it was once 840.

The civic authorities held this year’s first evaluate meeting on Thursday.

Officials stressed on the coordination between the health, conservancy and environment departments to check the spread of vectorborne diseases.

Mayor Sabyasachi Dutta stated, “We have appealed to the central government businesses to keep their place of business premises and home complexes in Bidhannagar clear, or permit us to clean the spaces in lieu of a service fee.” He added that an enormous bill is already pending for the clean-up of the Salt Lake stadium before the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Dutta stated inclined zones have been mapped as crimson, inexperienced and yellow. Areas around the Kestopur canal and Baguiati have been listed in Red zone as probably the most dengueaffected areas. “All personal hospitals within the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation house have been asked to upload dengue information on our web site,” the mayor stated.


“We are planning to penalise the ones households the place stagnant water is found,” Dutta stated. The authorities also plan to show an advertisement in cinema theatres in Salt Lake as part of an awareness campaign.


Bidhannagar MMiC (health) Pranay Roy stated they had been exploring a new radiation era to get rid of mosquitoes. Councillors have been asked to actively participate in larvicide spraying and fogging activities, cleaning up the blocked drains and waterbodies, fighting garbage pile-up and door-to-door surveys. The civic frame has higher its budget allotment by means of Rs 32 lakhs since last year for enforcing its mosquito-control programme. The allotment in 2017 for this sector was once Rs 1,94,95,800. This year it's been higher to Rs 2,27,43,000.


Last year, 14 persons had died and several other masses had been affected by dengue within the Bidhannagar municipal house. The worst affected puts had been Kestopur, Prafullakanan, Baguiati, Raghunathpur and surrounding spaces. Though just one dengue demise was once reported in Salt Lake, masses had been affected.


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