CM Yogi instructed to take precautionary steps for flood control in sensitive districts in UP

*Nigrani Samitis to distribute medicine kits from June 26*

*Lucknow, ///// After successfully combating the second COVID-19 wave and ramping up all the healthcare efforts, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed his officials to make all the necessary preparations for flood control. To reduce the impact of floods, especially in vulnerable districts, preemptive measures have been taken by the Yogi Government including the better management of dams. “Permissible assistance should be provided to the people affected by the disaster within 24 hours,” said CM Yogi while addressing a high-level meeting. 

The Chief Minister also directed all the District Magistrates and police officials to visit the sensitive districts and make all the necessary arrangements for relief material and dry ration in the sensitive districts, he added. The quality of the packet in which a dry ration will be distributed should be good,” said CM Yogi on Saturday. 

*Medical Kits For Children From June 26*

CM Yogi tasked the Nigrani Samitis to start a special extensive campaign of door-to-door screening of the villages to identify children with symptoms like fever, cough and providing them with medicine kits from June 26. 

Under the campaign, the Nigrani Samitis will provide medicine kits to the children. The children are divided into four groups— 0-1 years, 1-5 years, 5-12-year-olds, and those aged between 12 and 18 years. 

*Special Cleanliness Drives*

As monsoon season invites all kinds of water and mosquito-borne diseases including Dengue, Chikungunya, Malaria, Encephalitis, the state government has asked to ensure regular sanitation and fogging drives to curb the threat of water-borne diseases.  Along with this, special cleanliness drives are going to be run by the Municipal Corporations Municipalities and Nagar Panchayats.

*Anti Larva Spray and IRS*

Anti-larva spraying and the work of Indoor Residue Spray (IRS) especially from DDT (dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane) in all districts have been intensified.  IRS is the process of spraying the inside of dwellings with an insecticide to kill mosquitoes that spread malaria.

Under the action plan for effective prevention of vector-borne diseases, gambusia fish has been put in ponds of most of the districts of the state. These fishes play a vital role in eliminating the larvae.