The Hindu 01.11.2013
Street play to create dengue awareness
Tiruchi Corporation has launched street plays and cultural programmes to create dengue awareness among city residents.
The city-based Bharathalaya Troupe has been roped in by the health department of the corporation to carry on the campaign through a series of programmes in different parts of the city. The programmes organised at Central Bus Stand and Srirangam had evoked good response, according to corporation sources.
The programme titled Vizhithezhu comprising a street play for about 25 minutes and cultural programmes, including songs and dance, for another 15 minutes commences with a drum beat. Mayor A.Jaya, who launched the campaign, witnessed the programme along with officials held in front of the Rajagopuram of the Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple.
In the street play, 10 men and five women dressed up as mosquitoes explained to people how they spread various diseases such as dengue and how people should get rid of them. “Don’t allow water to stagnate in old tyres, coconut shells, flower pots, crushing stones, and broken pots. The drama also explained the steps to be taken in treating people with symptoms of dengue. According to S.Sathyan, director of Bharathalaya Troupe, they have produced the street play as simple as they can so that the common people could understand the theme without any difficulty. The troupe has proposed to cover the entire city in a phased manner after Deepavali.
