Punjab CS gives directions to check diarrhoea

Chandigarh: Taking note of reports of outbreak of diarrhoea in a couple of towns in the State, Punjab chief secretary Anurag Verma on Tuesday took an emergency meeting with all the deputy commissioners in the State.
Verma said all civic bodies in the state should ensure 100% contamination free drinking water availability. He directed the Deputy Commissioners, Commissioner Municipal Corporations (CMC), and executive officers (EO) to personally visit the vulnerable areas and slums in their jurisdiction.Wherever there is a possibility of drinking water being contaminated, immediate remedial steps must be taken. Verma directed the secretary, local government to take certificates from all the CMCs and EOs that contamination free water is being supplied in all the areas in their jurisdiction.
Verma directed the water supply and sanitation department to conduct similar exercises in the rural areas. All the XENs and the SDOs were directed to personally visit all the villages and in particular vulnerable areas. Principal Secretary Water Supply and Sanitation was directed to take certificates from all the XENs and SDOs that contamination free water is being supplied in all the areas in their jurisdiction.
The meeting was also attended by senior officers of the concerned departments, Commissioner Municipal Corporations, ADCs (Urban Development), XENs, EOs and Civil Surgeons.