Date :10/6/2017
Press Release on 6th October 2017Thermal fogging drive within JMC limits.
In continuation of intensified area wise/ward wise thermal fogging drive within the limits of Jammu Municipal Corporation, the areas of Ward No. 49 and 71 were covered viz. Tawi Vihar, Narwal, Pamposh Colony, Malik Market, Shanker Nagar, SOS Home lane, Rajuput Mohalla, Ravi Das Mohalla, Chakki Mohalla etc. under the overall supervision of Rajesh Sharma (KAS), Joint Commissioner (Adm), Jammu Municipal Corporation in collaboration with Malaria wing of Health Department. The Corporation has devised a calendar for the fogging to cover the whole city.
The main aim of thermal fogging drive is to make City diseases free, as mosquitoes are cause of so many diseases which are dangerous for human lives. Now-a-days the cases of Dengue is on high rise, to minimize the risk of Dengue, the Jammu Municipal Corporation is paying special attention towards eradicating mosquitoes menace by way of launching such drives.
The general public is also requested to extend their helping hands to make the thermal fogging is grand success so that chance of spreading diseases due to mosquitoes can be minimized upto large extent. The public is also requested to make their surroundings neat and clean by way of putting their waste into dustbins and do not get the water stagnated which is a main cause of spreading diseases.