Kiran Bedi constitutes core group to fight spread of dengue

Puducherry : Lt Governor Kiran Bedi today constituted an eight-member official level core group to prepare an action plan to combat dengue and also breeding of mosquitoes in the union territory.

She held discussions with officials of various departments at Raj Nivas today after reviewing the steps taken so far to curb spread of dengue.An action plan would be prepared in the next two days by the core group which comprises of District Collector, Directors of Local Administration, Health, Vector Control Research Centre, JIPMER, School Education and the Information and Publicity besides Chief Engineer of PWD, an official release said.Bedi has been holding meetings with officials, visiting hospitals, holding rallies and launching anti-dengue programmes.