Live
- Top 5 Plumbing Tips for Better Water Conservation
- Four students hurt in clash over ragging in Bhagalpur Engineering College
- Search operation continues to locate railway officer swept away in Arunachal river
- Is Telangana's Air Quality Worse Than Delhi's? TPCB Shares Real-Time AQI Data and Improvement Plans
- National Milk Day 2024: Celebrating India's Dairy Revolution and Legacy of Dr Verghese Kurien
- CERT-In Issues High-Risk Warning for Android Users: Update Devices to Stay Safe
- A huge increase of Rs. 500 stolen notes | 317 percent jump in five years | How do you identify fake notes?
- BGT 2024-25: Gautam Gambhir to miss tour game due to personal reasons
- Indian telecom tower firms to spend Rs 21,000 crore in FY 2025, 2026 to boost rural networks
- India’s PC market reaches all-time high at 4.49 million units in July-Sep
Secunderabad: NGO kicks off hygiene drive in Rasoolpura
Rasoolpura is slated as one of the biggest slums in Secunderabad with nearly 40,000 residents.
Secunderabad: Vexed by the apathetic attitude of the Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB) even in times of Covid pandemic, an NGO, Kriya Sangh Society of Rasoolpura, is involving locals in sanitising and fogging the locality.
Nayeem Pasha, the founder of NGO, said, "With the arrival of monsoon in the city, there is a high probability of people getting infected with vector-borne diseases due to increase in mosquito population. But the authorities have not yet taken up measures like fogging, clearing up nalas, spraying anti-larval pesticides, filling up low lying areas etc., to curb diseases. Last year, due to the same apathy towards civic issues by the authorities concerned resulted in many cases of dengue being reported in Rasoolpura. Three children lost their lives. Rasoolpura is slated as one of the biggest slums in Secunderabad with nearly 40,000 people residing over here. Almost all are from marginalised community and if anyone falls victim for dengue or other vector-borne diseases, it would be very difficult to arrange for blood transfusion and treatment due to shortage of blood donors and high cost involved. Also, in times of this pandemic, there are very few hospitals offering services to treat other diseases on priority."
Fed up of complaining to SCB officials, the NGO with the help of some likeminded people has decided to sanitise and fog the locality. This project would be carried out in various phases. In the first phase, all the places of worship (around 32) in Rasoolpura would be sanitised beginning from Monday (today). In second phase, the focus would be on government schools, anganwadis and community halls. And finally, in the third phase, sanitisation of slum and colonies would be taken up. This sanitation programme would continue until the situation comes under control, added Nayeem.
As part of this sanitation drive, around eight persons have agreed to volunteer and with the support of likeminded people anti-larval spray machine has been purchased at a cost of Rs 3000.
