Imphal, Nov 17 : Authorities in Churachandpur have begun a multi-pronged campaign to combat the spread of dengue in the district.
Deputy commissioner (Churachandpur) Jacinta Lazarus said 33 cases of dengue have been reported in and around the town. The DC, who is also the chairman of the district level monitoring committee set up to systematically fight dengue, added that 30 teams have started a house-to-house survey from Wednesday.
Each team consists of a government health staff, an Asha member and two village defence force personnel, the DC said. She added that the teams, besides raising awareness on the epidemic, were also carrying out random health checks.
The teams are also sanitizing waterlogged areas which are the breeding ground of mosquitoes carrying the dengue virus. A cell has also been opened at the district hospital to collect samples of suspected persons for conducting free laboratory testing, the DC added.
She said fogging was also being done in certain areas. "Since the cases have been reported at the district headquarters, we are concentrating the anti-Dengue drive there. But we are also prepared to meet the challenges if the epidemic spreads in the interior areas of the district," added Lazarus.
The monitoring cell was set up after local legislator and Manipur power minister T Phungzathang convened a meeting to discuss the problem at his residence on Monday.
The minister, who allotted Rs 10 lakh for the drive from his local area development fund, appealed to locals to participate and co-operate with the monitoring committee.
The executive director of the district rural development agency is the vice-chairperson of the committee and the chief medical officer of the district is its member secretary.
The SP, ADC and top functionaries of the health department are its members.
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