Prepare plans to check the spread of seasonal diseases, Health Minister directs officials
The Hindu
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Deputy Chief Minister and Health Minister Alla Kali Krishna Srinivas has advised the officials to prepare plans for the effective implementation of preventive measures to check the spread of seasonal diseases. Presiding over a review meeting with people’s representatives and the officials at the VMRDA Children’s Theatre here on Tuesday, the Health Minister said that this year like last year, there were good rains and the incidence of seasonal diseases like dengue, malaria and chikungunya was quite high in the Visakhapatnam district, as per the statistics provided by the district officials.We all remember the childhood history classes on human evolution, which taught us how where men started hunting their food and learned to cook on fire create a fire that paved the way for our culinary adventures across centuries. Humans have evolved since then, wood fires have been replaced by ovens and gas stoves whereas open-fire cooking has only been a part of our backyard activity that gets a pick occasionally during special occasions.
Bengaluru and its civic bodies are notorious for delays in completion of infrastructural projects. Arguably the most infamous among such projects is the Ejipura flyover, which has been dragging on for the past seven years. Intended to connect the southeast part of the city to its east and west regions, it has faced numerous delays since its commencement in 2017.