Student of Centre for Public Health, PU conducts Anti dengue drive in PU campus

Chandigarh, August 2, 2016: The student of Centre for Public Health, Panjab University (PU), Chandigarh conducted Anti dengue drive in PU campus on Monday.
Students namely Dr Shalu, Dr Bidhi, Veena, Janvi, Mandeep Singh, Kriti, Karamjit Kaur, Sanjeev Dutta, Sunny, Radhika Rana, Sonica, Divya, Aparajita, Neha Sharma and
Neha Khandelwal are part of Anti-Dengue Drive team, which is continuing the Anti dengue drive for the last three days.
As a part of drive, the team of students conducted door to door survey to check and eliminate the breeding of dengue mosquitoes. They covered residential area, nursery and open area of Sector 14 and Sector 25 campus. Team members checked and ensured cleaning of coolers, vases, pots, tyres and water containers in their presence.
Coolers, pots and tires were checked and wherever stagnant water was observed, it was removed. Preventive measures were taken to control and avoid breeding for the mosquitoes. Efforts of the team were appreciated by the residents and full cooperation was rendered to the students.
PU Coordinator, Centre for Public Health, Dr Suman Mor informed that the campaign is targeted to cover the sectors 14 and 25 campus. She emphasized on need of conducting such kind of drives to sensitize the community about public health issues and making them understanding their role and responsibilities for eliminating the breeding places for mosquitoes.