Pulse Polio across state on March 10
Bengaluru, Feb 16: On March 10, National Vaccination Day, Pulse Polio vaccination would administered to the children below five years across the state, said Additional Chief Secretary of government P Ravikumar.
Speaking at a preparatory meeting at Vidhana Soudha, he said that India has got the certificate from the World Health Organisation that it is free from polio in 2014. In 2018, 21 Polio cases were traced in Afghanistan and 12 in Pakistan. So as a precautionary measure, Polio vaccination programme was being conducted in the country, he said.
Total 32,571 booths would be opened to vaccinate around 64,85,980 children for which 1,10,351 health workers, 6,047 supervisors, 952 mobile units and 2,170 transit teams would work. Precautions were taken not to miss a single child from this vaccination drive, he said.
Principal Secretaries of various departments, heads of various departments and officials were present at the meeting.
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Truck driver arrested with cannabis worth over Rs 80 lakh in UP
Bhadohi (UP) (PTI): A truck driver was arrested here on Tuesday with cannabis worth over Rs 80 lakh, police said.
Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Shubham Agrawal said that during vehicle checking on National Highway 19 in the Gopiganj police station area, a container truck was stopped near a roadside eatery for inspection.
During the search, police recovered several sacks containing 3 quintals and 78 kg of cannabis from the truck. The seized contraband is valued at around Rs 81 lakh, the officer said.
The truck driver, Son Pal, has been arrested and a case has been registered against him and four others under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Agrawal said.
During preliminary interrogation, Pal revealed that the cannabis was smuggled from Odisha by Salim and Chaman Khan, residents of Etah district. Half of the consignment was to be delivered to a person named Khalik in Bareilly, while the remaining half was for a person in Punjab, Agrawal said.
Pal further told police that he was promised Rs 1 lakh for safely transporting the consignment, the officer said.
