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The state government has directed all the departments that include Irrigation and Public Health, Rural Development, Urban Development, Health, Municipal Corporation and other Local Bodies should work with close co-ordination to check spread of any case of water borne diseases such as Hepatitis-A or Hepatitis-E.
This was stated by Chief Secretary Vineet Chawdhary, while presiding over the review meeting with the senior officers of the state government on Thursday.
Chawdhary said that Standard Operation Procedure should be adopted by the IPH and Health departments to clean all the water tanks and reservoirs in the state.
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He said that people should be motivated and urged to clean their private water tanks, as at times the water gets contaminated within the private tank itself.
It was of utmost importance to sensitise the masses about the precaution and preventive measures to be taken to check outbreak of any water borne diseases, he said. He said that for this Information, Education and Communication committee should be constituted with officers of IPH, Health and Municipal Corporation Shimla for preparing and implementing an effective media strategy to spread awareness regarding safe drinking water.
Chief Secretary said that emphasis should be laid on making the cleanliness of drinking water as a mass movement.
He said that Gram Sabhas should also be involved to educate the people to spread awareness in rural areas through its regular meetings. He said that people should also be sensitised through Giriraj weekly of the Information and Public Relations Department, keeping in view it reach in the rural areas.
He said that testing and sampling of water should be done aggressively and with latest equipment, besides effective working of all the six sewerage treatment plants in Shimla town must be ensured.
The IPH department and the Shimla Municipal Corporation must also ensure that there was no leakage in the sewerage and drinking water pipelines, as it was the major cause of water borne diseases, he added.
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