15 Day campaign for prevention of water borne diseases begins in Shopian

SHOPIAN : Deputy Commissioner (DC) Shopian, Shishir Gupta today convened a meeting of officers to discuss and outline the action plan for a 15-day long campaign that commenced today, aimed at prevention of water-borne diseases through a sustained awareness campaign.
The campaign has been initiated in order to prevent the possibility of spread of waterborne diseases due to contamination of drinking water during the recent floods.
During the 15 day campaign, departments of Jal Shakti, Health and Medical Education, Rural Development, Higher/School Education and Social Welfare departments shall undertake an organised set of activities on preventive measures against water borne diseases.
The measures include intensive water testing especially in flood affected areas for quality monitoring and provision of potable water, awareness for safe consumption and storage of drinking water, and consequences of consuming contaminated drinking water, promoting WASH practices in schools, colleges and Anganwadi centres, conducting special sanitation drives at water supply assets, and educating people about the importance of maintaining proper sanitation and hygiene.
DC stressed the need for impactful conduct of the campaign with effective collaboration among the departments. He called upon all to involve local village level institutions in water quality testing and monitoring, sanitation drives, chlorination of water sources and sharing feedback of testing with people and among departments for preventing any possibility of water borne diseases.
ADDC, Dr.Nasir Ahmad Lone; ADC, Dr.Zakir Hussain Faaz; Principals of GDC Shopian & Zainapora; ACR, ACD, CMO, Xen Jal Shakti, DSWO, CEO, BMOs, BDOs and other concerned were present.