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.
