Elaborate arrangements for pulse polio programme

By Our Staff Reporter

HYDERABAD, DEC. 6. The Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad (MCH) has made elaborate arrangements for the Pulse Polio programme in which an estimated 6.05 lakh children below the age of five years are to be given the polio drops. The first round of the programme would be held on December 10, followed by another round on January 21, 2001.

Participating in the Face-to-Face programme here on Wednesday, the Minister for Labour and Employment, Mr. C. Krishna Yadav, said for administering polio drops centres would be set up at all the polling stations, Government health centres, private nursing homes and anganwadi centres. For those travelling, polio drops would also be given at the bus stations, railway stations and air ports from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., he said.

At the programme telecast live on city cable networks, several complaints were received on bad roads, overflowing sewers and erratic power supply.

A resident of Old Malakpet, Mr. S. Prakash Rao, complained of irregular power supply which damaged his computer and other electrical appliances. Despite several complaints, no officials bothered to rectify the problem, he said highlighting the lack of coordination among the AP Transco officials.

Mr. Srinivas from Begumpet criticised the lack of follow-up to complaints that figure in the programme despite assurances from the Ministers and authorities concerned. Though an assurance was given on a complaint related to streetlights during the last programme, nothing had happened, he said seeking to know the relevance of the programme itself.

A resident of S.R. Nagar complained about the illicit arrack business in his area and alleged that even the police having collected their `mamool' were silent on the menace. Responding to this, the Joint Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ish Kumar, promised prompt action.

The MCH Commissioner, Dr. P.K. Mohanty, said a new trenchless technology was being introduced in the city to avoid inconvenience to the public during the course of road cutting.

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