Mangalore, Jul 23: Buildings which are in the construction phase may have their licenses cancelled if they fail to take measures to check the breeding of mosquitoes at the construction sites, said Mayor of Mangalore City Corporation Mahabala Marla.
The committee to finalise the action plan has been formed with the inclusion of the Mayor, deputy mayor, chief whip, opposition leader in the city council, president of the standing committee, health officers, four corporators and four physicians.
Mr Marla said that the MCC would use mosquito larvicidal oil to control malaria in the city limits, akin to Mumbai and Chennai city corporations.
Physician and member of the malaria prevention committee Dr Srinivas Kakkilaya said that medical colleges should be given the responsibility of conducting anti-malaria drives especially at construction sites instead of handing them to an outside agency.
The control unit of vector-borne diseases should be headed by a senior retired medical officer and the MCC should take also measures to check the breeding of mosquitoes at bus stands and railway stations, he said.
He said that the students and volunteers from medical colleges should visit construction sites and collect the blood samples of construction workers to test for malaria. A campaign should be started to create awareness among general public to take measures to check malaria in the city.
A social worker present in the meeting said that health inspectors should also be entrusted with controlling malaria.
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