Team Herald
PANJIM: The Aam Aadmi Party’s Panjim unit has launched a fogging exercise coupled with an awareness campaign after cases of dengue spiked in the city.
After receiving calls from various parts of Panjim about the rising cases, AAP leader Valmiki Naik and volunteers swung into action by deploying a fogging machine on Sunday.
Launching the “5 Sundays – 5 pm – 5 minutes” campaign, Naik said the Panjim unit will distribute leaflets to make people aware of how dengue spreads, and how they can take a few simple steps to arrest the dengue mosquitoes from multiplying.
Naik said “The campaign asks people to take just 5 minutes at 5 pm every Sunday for the next 5 weeks, to ensure no stagnant water remains in their homes or in their immediate vicinity,” said Naik.
“The campaign was inspired by a similar highly successful campaign launched by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who ensured dengue cases and dengue deaths reduced dramatically with proactive steps,” he added.
The fogging campaign began on Sunday evening in St. Inez (Ward No 24) which witnesses unsanitary conditions due to garbage and waterlogging. Locals mentioned that CCP and other authorities have failed to take timely action, and thanked the AAP team for their assistance.
