GHMC mayor, M Majid Hussain on Monday expressed his dissatisfaction
with the activities of the entomology wing and further directed them to
take up a special drive in each and every school from Tuesday to check
dengue cases as well as viral fevers.
He lashed out at the entomology wing officials of the GHMC for submitting an incorrect report.
The
mayor who held a review meeting with entomology officials with regard
to seasonal diseases in his chamber here on Monday, said that he visited
two dengue patients at Lotus Hospital on Sunday, one of whom arrived
from his own division i.e., Ahmednagar division. He directed the
assistant entomology, circle-7 to be careful while handing over
incorrect information to higher officials. He directed the chief
entomologist to issue a charge memo to assistant entomologist, Circle-7
for providing wrong information.
He further directed the chief
entomologist to furnish a list on a hospital-wise basis by Tuesday. He
further added that in case of any variation between the official list
and hospital list, the concerned assistant entomologist will be issued a
charge memo. Chief entomologist, Venkatesh, explained the mayor that
the GHMC has intensified the IEC activities (awareness programmes) and
have also taken up door-to-door anti-larval operations.
The mayor
enquired about Rs10 crore budget for dengue prevention, which was
allocated in view of sudden increase in the number of dengue cases last
year (604).
He warned officials that if he starts verifying the
details of diesel and material (diverted from regular business), the
officials will land in trouble.
The mayor further enquired about
the benami (fictitious) workers and directed the chief entomologist to
furnish the unit-wise details by Tuesday along with the phone number of
each worker in order to get verify with the concerned corporator or
through a private agency. He further informed that the list furnished by
the chief entomologist should tally with the field-staff, failure of
which will lead to stern action against the chief entomologist, he
added.
