Thursday, 28 September 2023 | PNS | DEHRADUN
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday protested outside the Health directorate office in Dehradun claiming that the Health department and the government have failed to curb the deteriorating situation in several cities due to the dengue outbreak.
The AAP leaders alleged that instead of focussing on curbing dengue, the State government is currently busy preparing for elections. Senior AAP leader Uma Sisodia said that it is unfortunate that rather than working for the public welfare and interest in the current vulnerable time when people are losing lives due to dengue, the chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has gone on a trip abroad. She said that it is questionable how the State leader left the public to suffer when it needed him the most.
AAP leader DK Pal also said that dengue cases are consistently increasing across the State but the improvement in health services in hospitals is not visible at the ground level despite various claims of the Health department. Nothing concrete is being done that can make dengue treatment easy and accessible for people despite knowing that many continue to lose lives due to this disease, alleged Pal.
He said, “The government is claiming they are taking all preventive measures against dengue. Is it checking whether municipal bodies and the Health department are conducting inspections of schools, colleges and universities to ensure guidelines are being followed there? Is it paying attention to the quality of the chemicals being used for fogging and larvicide sprayed in the city, especially in slums in the name of dengue prevention? Is anybody analysing their effectiveness or are government bodies just spending money in the name of anti-dengue drive? The government should ask such questions and work on it at the ground level rather than making tall claims.”
