Southern Command launches community-based mosquito elimination drive

An official statement issued by the Pune-headquartered Southern Command has said that the key features of the community participation in the campaign include educating the personnel and family about the importance and benefits of mosquito control.

The community drive will be taken up under the guidance of the medical authorities with the support of local administrative authorities and will be conducted twice a week for four weeks from April 25, once a week till October 30 and once in two weeks from November 1 till April 24 next year. This cycle will continue till mosquitoes get eradicated. Station Health Organisations (SHOs) and Unit Health Squads will undertake extensive anti-larval and anti-adult mosquito measures in the areas of responsibility.

During a talk held in Pune, Col Vipul Dutt, Col Health (SC), highlighted the measures that can be taken to effectively combat the mosquito menace and thus reduce the disease burden of mosquito-borne diseases. Major General Hirdesh Sahni, MG (Med) SC, impressed upon the audience how each individual’s contribution is significant and collective community participation can make the elimination of mosquitoes a reality.

The campaign include educating the personnel and family about the importance and benefits of mosquito control. (Photo source: Twitter/ Southern Command Indian Army)

Community participation by serving defence personnel on the unit premises and volunteer family members on the residential premises will include removal of potential breeding sites of mosquitoes by means of emptying and scrubbing of all firefighting buckets, water storage tanks and domestic water containers and allowing them to remain dry for a few hours once in seven days.

In addition, landfilling of ditches, clearing of stagnant water in drains and removal of artificial containers in the vicinity are the other activities that will be taken up.

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The focus is laid on members of the community being vigilant and reporting potential or actual mosquito breeding sites to coordinating station health authorities. Every station should have a mobile number for coordination and reporting of mosquito breeding sites, the statement has said.