Mosquito menace in BeMC . Berhampur amid Civic body’s Inaction

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Manoj Kanta Dash,Odishabarta

To curb in your area mercy of area Representative (!)  

BERHAMPUR: Amid poor sanitation measures, Berhampur city is now troubled by mosquito menace.

The Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC) usually cleans drains in the city before and after monsoon. But  some will questioned  why not through out  the   year (?, it skipped the exercise for reasons best known to authorities concerned. As if this was not enough, the civic body has just one fogging machine which is fitted to a tractor.

The machine is not adequate to serve all  42 wards in the city.  one fortunate

compotator said fogging was done in few selected area  of the city mainly  priority mobility of the fogging tractor  to area  VIP Colony ,  second medical area .What about the area entire 42 wards , he attended  the chemicals/lubricant cost is too high per day it comes around Rs.one lakh (approx) and to cover  all nagar, vihar we need minimum 4/5 days and to  spent such huge amount he said we have short of funds?).

During Durga Puja and it worked due to the hot weather. But now the temperature is dipping and it provides a perfect breeding ground for mosquitoes, he said. As scientist.!.

Sources sais during 2023 end BeMC had bought 40 hand-held fogging machines which were given to sanitary inspectors and jemadars of the wards. However, the machines malfunctioned and have not yet been repaired.

BeMC Health officer  had said BeMC will buy six hand-held fogging machines and one TIFA machine once the proposal gets the nod at the council meeting of the civic body. But even as several council meetings have been held, the proposal is yet to get the nod.

The process of checking mosquito breeding involved spraying of insecticide and release oof gambusia and guppy fish which feed on larvae in drains. But such exercises are alien to the civic body which keeps shifting the blame for the state of affairs to the Health and Family Welfare department.

Spraying of oils like MLO in all wards of the city is an uphill staff for the 25 field staff of BeMC. The staff are already over-burdened with work and look after two wards daily, said an employee of the civic body on condition of anonymity.

Notably one  senior OAS  Deputy Commissioner especially looking the health department of BeMC and trying to resolve the health care issues of citizens  source reveal BeMC had bought 40 hand-held fogging machines which were given to sanitary inspectors and jemadars of the wards. However, the machines malfunctioned and have not yet been repaired.

Drains in the city have not been cleaned as it is not possible to removed lids on them. But, mayor Sanghamitra Dalai said spraying of insecticide can be done by drilling holes on drain covers. Maximum areas having no drains but tender call, confirmed, work order to contractor confirmed  spot supervision by civil Junior  engineers, MB sign .(!)over night  confirmed “if everything is  confirmed than why waters flows in maximum streets even on main  road and logging ?.de –paul school front,Gajapati Nagar,Gandhi nagar area,tata benz(!) while dozen of engineering staffs are working  drawing seventh pay commission from govt.treasurry

Interestingly due to staff shortage in health wing private firm awarded under PPP  mode.  The cotractor of Bhubaneswar drawing bill in crores, sublet have of the work violating the agreement by an y means (!)

Incase any habitant reported directly  the poor  activities to the knowledge of commissioner /Deputy Commissioner   the outcome result is the  gentleman was victim and sealed by thecorporator! ( not all corporator we mean  maximum are good personally monitoring  the sanitation work of their ward  but some those are fresher no knowledge  what is Called Sewa.i.e Manav Sewa.(!).

While matter was apprised to new commissioner SushreeSasya Ready,She assured to discuss the matter with the technical staff of the civic body.

Further she ensure officials of BeMC visit various parts of the city daily as the log books of their vehicles reveal. But garbage dump Open garbage dumping in Berhampur  causes serious public health hazards, foul doors, and closed drains across the city not yet.  Further she appeal to public  not to do any kind un- civilised activity weshall force to impose fine against without compromise or influence!.To combat this, the Municipal Corporatatiom has introduced door-to-door waste collection programs and designated waste disposal zones to eliminate open garbage points.

BeMC at Large

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The Berhampur MunicipalThe Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC) covers an area of \(79.80\) square kilometers (30.81 square miles).

The current estimate population of Brahmapur Town city in 2021 is 534,000 , while Verhamour Town metro population is estimated. As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Berhampur Town in 2011 is 356,598.

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