The health department is fully prepared to engage the community in dengue prevention activities to mark Dengue Day, observed annually on May 16. Continuous efforts such as larvicide spraying, fogging, and emptying water containers are underway in both urban and rural areas to prevent dengue and other vector-borne diseases. Recommendations for prevention include not storing water for more than a week, using mosquito nets, and applying anti-mosquito cream before sleeping.
The BJP in the state has now initiated disciplinary action against the rebel candidates. The party has expelled its 11 office-bearers and workers, including three relatives of Bhadohi MLA, Ravindra Nath Tripathi, for contesting against the party s authorised candidates in the district Panchayat elections in Bhadohi district. The party s Bhadohi district president Vinay Srivastava, in his letter to the president of Kashi Kshetra, Mahesh Chandra Srivastava, recommended strict action against these 11 persons for the anti-party behaviour. He had recommended termination of their primary membership of the party and six-year expulsion. The list included Sachin Tripathi, Chanda Bhushan Tripathi, Anirudh Tripathi (kin of Bhadohi BJP MLA Ravindra Nath Tripathi), Vibhuti Tiwari, Krishna Singh, Vikas Tiwari, Vipin Dubey, Pappu Sonkar, Rajan Yadav, Rajendra Pal Baghel, and Sharad Chand Pandey.