Ligarh nodal officer autions villagers gainst diseases
Principal secretary (pubworks department) and l officer for Aligarh Nitin esh Gokarn visited the dison Sunday and cautioned le against communicable ses. He interacted with the gers and assessed the prepons being made to tackle municable diseases. Stress laid on cleanliness in the l belt and gram pradhans involved in the exercise. okarn attended the ‘chauorganized at Kamalpur and od villages of Aligarh dison Sunday, urging villagers plement the suggestions n by health committees. engue fever can be treated othly if diagnosed in time. is very necessary that the nt should be taken to a govent hospital. Take precautions till colder weather begins. Avoid storage of water and drink boiled water. Look around your house and remove any water that has accumulated,” he told the villagers.
“The government is sensitive to the plight of each resident and there are enough medicines in hospitals. Awareness and cleanliness are needed to avert communicable diseases by minimizing larvae in stored water or in drains. Neglect of directives given by the health department will be an invitation to trouble,” he said.
District malaria officer Dr Rahul Kulshrestha highlighted the need to wear full sleeved clothes to ward off denguecausing mosquito bites.
Chief development officer Ankit Khandelwal assured that all measures were being undertaken to stop spread of communicable diseases.