PMC health department.
Even as the mosquito-borne diseases of dengue and chikungunya are rampant in the city during the rainy season, the health department of the municipal corporation has not yet taken additional manpower for locating and destroying mosquito breeding centres and spraying medicines. This shows that the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) does not have any debt to pay to the Pune residents as the tender for this work has been stuck for the last two years.
It rains heavily in July and August. In the continuous rain for two weeks even the sight of sun had become rare. This situation has led to an increase in the number of cases of mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue and chikungunya. This is the first time Zika cases have been reported in the city, and dengue cases have crossed the hundred mark. Two patients died of dengue. The incident took place at the residence of Babasaheb Ambedkar. As many as 31 students have tested positive for dengue in the hostel and some are still undergoing treatment.
Meanwhile, after the detection of a dengue or Zika virus patient, a search operation is carried out by the municipal corporation to destroy the mosquito breeding center in the area where the patient lives. This center is destroyed and the drug is sprayed.
The municipal corporation, which has an area of more than 500 square kilometers, has about 225 employees for this work. About 150 to 200 of these employees are available onfield due to weekly holidays and other reasons. To prevent the outbreak of diseases caused by insects, the Municipal Corporation appoints 150 employees on a contract basis every year under the Indoor Vector Control Program. Mainly during rainy and winter season due to the nutritious environment mosquito breeding takes place which is of great help to these workers. However, for the last two years, the health department had implemented the tender process for this, but the tender was not approved due to technical reasons.
Fortunately, there has been no rain in the last few days.
However, two months have passed since the monsoon.
It has come to light that the Municipal Corporation is putting the lives of Pune residents at risk by working on that manpower.
In this regard, the Director of Health Services, Dr. Suryakant Deokar (Dr Suryakant Devkar)
When contacted, he said, the tender process was carried out under the Indoor Vector Control Programme
It is being sent to the standing committee for final approval.