Friday dry day in Vijayawada-Central segment

PNS|Vijayawada

Planning Board Vice Chairman and Vijayawada-Central MLA Malladi Vishnu and Vijayawada Municipal Corporation officials conducted awareness rallies and programmes asking the public to observe Friday as dry day to eliminate mosquitoes menace in the city. Vishnu participated as chief guest in the dry day rally organised by the 31st Division Srinagar Colony to spread awareness among the public about mosquito control.

Planning Board V-C Vishnu said that water should not be stored in houses for long days. Dengue mosquitoes lay their eggs mostly in stored water hence people should remove the water reserves in the water troughs, drums, tanks and vases in the houses at least every three days. He suggested not to keep waste coconuts and plastic around the houses as they will turn into mosquito breeding centres.

He said that the VMC is taking special measures to control mosquitoes that cause poisonous fevers like dengue, malaria and chikungunya in their larval stage. He advised Asha and health workers to work in coordination so that seasonal diseases do not prevail anywhere. He asked VMC officials and sanitation secretaries to take special care to ensure that sanitation programmes are carried out in full and fogging should be done daily to control mosquitoes.

He stated that inspections should be conducted from time to time at the hotels and eateries without unhygienic conditions. He further stated that Vijayawada city is currently in the third position in Swachh Sarvekshan, and everyone should work hard for the first position with people’s cooperation.

In a separate programme, Deputy Mayor Bellam Durga, VMC Chief Medical Officer Dr P Ratnavali along with the officials went to every house in several areas of the city and conducted a survey and took suggestions. VMC officials said that Vijayawada City people should observe a dry day every Friday and clean the water drums, vases, water tank etc. Similarly, coconut groves, flower gardens and useless materials in the surroundings of the house can become habitats for mosquitoes to lay their eggs in the water reservoirs hence they should be removed.