ZP CEO urges restaurants to provide safe drinking water

Udupi

Measures should be taken to control infectious diseases by providing safe drinking water and food to customers in hotels, lodges, bars and restaurants, said ZP CEO K Anandh. He spoke while presiding over the District Surveillance Committee meeting held at the Dakshina Kannada ZP. He emphasised the need to periodically test drinking water samples to confirm quality, follow necessary purification protocols, regularly clean public water sources, chlorinate them, and ensure the residual chlorine level with departmental cooperation to control waterborne diseases. Measures should also be taken to prevent migrant workers from contaminating public water sources. Continuous communication with the health department is essential to discuss and decide on the city's cleanliness and the situation and control of potential infectious diseases, he added. Furthermore, vaccination for domestic animals, especially rabies vaccination, should be organised extensively. In case of suspicious disease cases, there should be continuous communication and information exchange with inter-departmental officials.

Any unusually or suspiciously dead monkeys should be appropriately disposed of in coordination with the relevant department and sent to the laboratory for examination, he said. DHO Dr HR Thimmaiah, District Surveillance officer Dr Naveen Chandra Kulal and Superintendent of the Wenlock Hospital, Dr DS Shivaprakash, were present.

Projects to provide continuous clean drinking water to rural residents should be prioritised and completed within the stipulated time-frame, as instructed by Ashish Kundal, the nodal officer of the Central Jal Jeevan Mission. He was speaking while presiding over the Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Committee meeting held at the Deputy Commissioner's office. The projects to supply Jal Jeevan Mission piped water to rural areas of the district should be prioritised. The project to supply drinking water to 1,904 households in 69 villages of Karkala, Hebri, and Kaup taluks from the Varahi River water source should be completed by Dec to provide clean drinking water to the people, he said.  DC K Vidyakumari was present.