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Govt committed to making Delhi diabetes-free: Sheila

Monday, 15 November 2010 11:05 administrator
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The Hindu  15.11.2010

Govt committed to making Delhi diabetes-free: Sheila

Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Sunday said her government was committed to making Delhi a diabetes-free Capital.

Speaking at the launch of an urban slum health check-up scheme for diabetes and blood pressure at Baba Ramdev Park on Mehrauli-Badarpur Road, Ms. Dikshit said there was an urgent need for a comprehensive and focused plan for diabetes awareness and care in the city.

Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and Delhi Health Minister Prof. Kiran Walia were also present on the occasion.

Ms. Dikshit said India leads the list of top 10 countries with the highest prevalence of diabetes. At present about 58 million adults in the country suffer from diabetes and this is expected to rise to nearly 87 million by 2030. The prevalence of diabetes mellitus has been showing a rising trend in this country in the past two decades, he added.

The Chief Minister said the problems of diabetes in this country has taken alarming proportions in the urban population particularly metros such as Delhi. Every fourth adult person in Delhi is already diabetic or diabetes prone.

Also, about a fourth of Indian diabetic patients have kidney complications and about a fifth of them have heart, eye or nerve complications each leading to heart attacks, blindness and leg amputations, she added.

Stating that the urban slum health check-up scheme for diabetes and blood pressure will help to provide better access for diabetes care at government hospitals.

It would also provide healthier and more productive life to the people including pregnant women and future generation.

She exhorted every citizen of Delhi to join diabetes campaign for awareness, risk assessment and prevention for healthier and better tomorrow.

Last Updated on Monday, 15 November 2010 11:05
 

MPCB to receive report about garbage dumping at Alandi

Thursday, 11 November 2010 10:14 administrator
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The Times of India        11.11.2010

MPCB to receive report about garbage dumping at Alandi

PUNE: A report based on the inspection of the Indrayani riverbed in the temple town of Alandi near Pune, will be submitted to the Masharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) regional office on Thursday.

The Indrayani Bachav Kruti Samiti (save Indrayani action committee) had highlighted dumping of garbage along the riverbed by the Alandi municipal council (AMC). The municipal council president Vilas Kurhade admitted that garbage was indeed being dumped along the riverbed due to lack of a dumping ground. The temple town daily generates about five to six tonnes of garbage. P K Mirashe, regional officer MPCB said, "A field officer was sent to conduct inspection of the Indrayani riverbed to find if there has been dumping of garbage. He will submit the report to me tomorrow."

Mirashe said, "The field officer will take decisions as per the situation. If there is contamination of water then he will take water samples from the river." Vikas Patil, president, Indrayani Bachav Kruti Samiti, alleged that the civic body was dumping garbage in the Indrayani riverbed following which the MPCB official conducted an inspection on Wednesday.

Patil had alleged that dumping of garbage was causing river pollution and people were suffering. Devotees visiting Alandi have to bear the foul smell emanating from the garbage. Patil had demanded that the garbage be cleared and such activity be stopped.

Municipal council president Kurhade on Tuesday told the TOI that the civic body had no land for garbage dumping. He said that the AMC had earlier sought land from the state government for a garbage depot and the district collector had allotted a 10-hectare land. But, the Sant Dnyaneshwar Devsthan got a stay on garbage dumping from the district court.
 

Cleanliness drive a mere eyewash

Wednesday, 10 November 2010 10:54 administrator
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The Times of India            10.11.2010

Cleanliness drive a mere eyewash

 LUCKNOW: Even as five more fever deaths were reported in the city in the last 24 hours, taking the toll to 80 this season, a reality check has revealed that the compliance of the high court order on cleaning the city on war footing and anti-mosquito fogging is not taking place. Though the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) claims putting in all the resources for the cleaning drive, a visit to various parts of the city showed that the drive is confined only to Old City and VIP areas.

Though hospitals' records show that the dengue cases are on the decline, the chikungunya cases are rising. Chikungunya too is a mosquito-borne disease. Though the death rate has come down, officials said most of the occurring now are of patients who got the infection earlier. Since the viruses causing dengue and other mosquito-borne diseases subdue with the drop in temperatures, the advent of winter will bring down the cases drastically in coming days. However, patients complain that while the tests conducted in government hospitals deny dengue or chikungunya, those conducted at SGPGIMS or CSMMU confirm that a large number of people are infected by viruses. Even the tests done by a Central government team on various samples collected in the city have confirmed dengue and chikungunya.

Most of the deaths have been reported from Khadra. But the health department officials said none of the deaths was due to dengue or mosquito-borne diseases. While one Maiku Lal (70) died due to brain haemorrhage, Sundar Lal (60), Fagu (60) and Munna (21) died following vomiting and diarrhoea. All the four persons had also consumed alcohol. Rampal (50) died due to fever at Balrampur hospital. Chief medical officer Dr AK Shukla said that most of deaths so far have been of men over 20 years of age. "Only 20% deceased were women and children, which shows that the cause of death was not fever or mosquito-borne disease alone," he added.

Additional municipal commissioner PK Srivastava said the drive slowed down as many employees were on leave due to Diwali. "But we have taken it up again," he added. On Tuesday, the LMC drive was carried in all the six zones in the city, particularly in slums and interior localities. Officials admitted that though dug up roads have hampered the exercise but said it will pick up in coming days. To meet the shortage of staff, LMC has decided to rope in private firms and hire sweepers for the exercise.

However, a quick survey revealed that no fogging or cleaning exercise has been done in over three dozen localities in the city including Mahanagar, Mahanagar extension, Aliganj, A and B blocks in Indiranagar, Gomtinagar, Aashiana, Rajajipuram, Naka Hindola, Charbagh, Aminabad and Rana Pratap Marg.

 
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