Our Correspondent

Hoshiarpur, June 3

Deputy Commissioner Apneet Riyait on Thursday flagged off dengue surveillance teams comprising 60 volunteers to keep dengue at bay in the district.

Accompanied by Civil Surgeon Dr Ranjeet Singh and District Employment Officer Gurmail Singh, The Deputy Commissioner said these teams would screen every house in Hoshiarpur and Dasuya urban areas. She said apart from checking larvae, the teams would also carry out registration of ‘Mr Clean’ project under which professional training in car washing was being imparted.

Riyait asked the volunteers to ensure their services with utmost dedication and proactive approach so that maximum people could be sensitised about dengue.

She said special jackets, ID cards and kit bags have been provided to the volunteers and they would carry out the survey while following the Covid-19 protocols. She said these surveillance teams had also worked efficiently in the last year.

The Deputy Commissioner appealed to residents to cooperate and support these teams when they would arrive to inspect larvae at their houses.

She said as many as 38,362 houses and 1,98,646 people were covered by these teams last year. The teams detected 12,153 larvae cases. The teams also checked 12,62,071 containers and found 13,092 larvae which were immediately destroyed, she said.

Riyait informed that volunteers had been selected by the District Employment Bureau with preference to the needy and divyang candidates.