Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 5: Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) in collaboration with Malaria wing of Health Department today started an intensive area wise/ward wise thermal fogging drive within its limits.
The areas viz. Canal Road, Talab Tillo, Gandhi Nagar, Sainik Colony and Sidhra falling in Ward No 12, 14, 20, 21, 53, 54, 68, 69 and 71 were covered today under the supervision of Rishpal Singh, Joint Commissioner (Adm), who was accompanied by Dr Saleem Khan, Health Officer and Tariq Raina, Chief Transport Officer, JMC.
The Corporation has devised a calendar for the fogging to cover the whole city. The main aim of thermal fogging drive is to make city diseases free, as mosquitoes are cause of so many diseases which are dangerous for human lives. The Jammu Municipal Corporation is paying special attention towards eradicating mosquitoes menace by way of launching such drives.
The JMC requested the general public to extend their helping hands to make the thermal fogging a grand success so that chance of spreading diseases due to mosquitoes can be minimized up to a large extent. The officials also requested the public to make their surroundings neat and clean by way of putting their waste into dustbins and do not get the water stagnated, which is a main cause of spreading diseases.
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