B'luru rain fury: Guns, records damaged after rainwater gushes into City Armed Reserve control room
Bengaluru: Water logged into the control room of the West Division of City Armed Reserve Forces in Ullala Upanagara, causing damage to the valuables in the division, after heavy rains lashed parts of the city on Wednesday.
The control room was completely inundated following sudden inflow of rainwater, causing damage to hundreds of firearms, documents belonging to the Police security personnel. The havoc came to light in the Morning when the control room staff arrived for duty, upon discovering things disordered the staff swiftly rushed and collected the guns and files, conducted an inspection of the room.
In the meantime, several residents of the city complained of rainwater entering into their homes. At the same time, some also expressed their displeasure with the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) stating that despite several complaints, the civic body is not acting against controlling artificial flooding in the city.
Similarly, in Sahakar Nagar, houses were still submerged under water, prompting locals to protest against the civic body by blocking the road.
“Every flood causes colossal damage, and BBMP officials are not responding to our situation. The situation would have been not like this if the BBMP had cleared encroachment on Rajakaluve,” said an agitated resident.
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Maharashtra sets up state vaccination task force to strengthen immunisation programme
Mumbai (PTI): The Maharashtra government has set up a State Vaccination Task Force to strengthen the regular immunisation programme and review the progress of related campaigns, a health department official said on Monday.
The State Vaccination Task Force will comprise at least 29 members and will be headed by the administrative head of the health department, he informed.
The government has also constituted separate district-level and municipal vaccination task forces to improve implementation and address challenges at the grassroots level, he said.
Municipal task forces, chaired by respective civic commissioners, have been constituted in view of the vast urban population in Maharashtra and the role of civic bodies in implementing different health programmes.
The district-level task forces will function under the chairmanship of collectors.
"Complete immunisation of children at the appropriate age is an extremely simple, cost-effective and highly effective measure to reduce child mortality and the prevalence of diseases among kids. Immunisation is a powerful tool for reducing illness in children," maintained the official.
To ensure full vaccination of all children, the state government implements various campaigns from time to time as per the central government guidelines, he pointed out.
"Active participation and cooperation of other relevant government departments are essential (in making these campaigns successful)," according to the official.
The state-level body will review the regular immunisation programme, associated campaigns and vaccine-preventable diseases in detail. It will also conduct focused assessments of high-risk districts and municipal corporations, including vacancies at district, municipal and sub-district levels, availability of cold chain equipment, resource gaps and training requirements, he noted.
The state task force will review allocation and utilisation of funds for immunisation and ensure timely action by officers concerned based on reports from district and municipal task forces and state-level monitoring mechanisms, the official said.
It will also ensure active coordination and participation of other government departments in immunisation drives, while district and municipal task forces will carry out similar functions at their respective levels, the official added.
