HYDERABAD, Nov 2: Precautionary measures should be taken against dengue virus in four talukas of Jamshoro district and medicines should be made available in government hospitals.

Speaking at a meeting of health officers and taluka municipal officers of Jamshoro, DCO Dr Khawar Jamil said on Wednesday that mass campaign should be launched and pamphlets should be distributed at the union council level to create awareness among the people about implications of the dangerous virus. He said that an anti-mosquito spray campaign should also be launched at the union council level.

EDO (health) Dr Ali Akbar Dahiri said that he had only one spray machine while another had been given by the director-general health services.

He said that the two spray machines were not sufficient to cater to the needs of 28 union councils.

The DCO directed that two big and two small machines should be purchased without any delay and that a meeting should be held with nazims of 28 union councils to make the anti-dengue virus campaign a success.

Representative of WHO Dr Domicina, Dr Sono Khan, Dr Khadim Hussain Qureshi and Dr Qamar Shah, DDO (revenue) and others attended the meeting.

FLYOVER: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad will inaugurate construction of a flyover in Hyderabad during the current month which will greatly reduce traffic problems of the city.

This was stated by Hyderabad District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil while speaking at a meeting of district officials here on Thursday. The nazim expressed dissatisfaction over the pace of initial work on the flyover and directed the consultant and contractor to accelerate the pace of work.

He said the construction of flyover without any delay was the need of the hour to resolve the problems of ever-increasing traffic jams.

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