Kolkata: Howrah Municipal Corporation (HMC) has taken a major step to ensure error free collection of data for a survey report that needs to be prepared to check vector-borne diseases.
For the first time, the top brass of the civic body, starting from Mayor to ward councillors, will visit different areas to supervise the data collection process of the health workers.
There are around 2,500 health workers under the HMC. They visit door to door to collect data and based on the same, a report is prepared. It is the survey report on which the senior officials of the civic body rely while chalking out a plan of action to check vector-borne diseases. As per the plan of action, all tasks are carried out to ensure the same.
The need of supervising the data collection process was realised during a meeting held on Monday and the work in this regard has started in full swing from Tuesday onwards.
When contacted, Bhaskar Bhattacharjee, Member Mayor-in-Council (Health), said: "The step has been taken to ensure that the health workers collect the data properly as there are various technical aspects into the collection of data."
On Thursday, Bhattacharjee himself visited ward number 63 to verify the data that is being collected by the health workers and councilors are also assisting the health workers in carrying out the survey.
It is helping the health workers to be more informed about the process of data collection.
Once the data collection is done, it will be compiled into a single report by the concerned officers of the civic body's health department and there will be a detailed discussion on the report to prepare the plan of action to take vector control measures. It may be mentioned that the HMC has already formed a high power monitoring committee for better execution of work to check-vector borne diseases and the committee is headed by Mayor Dr Rathin Chakraborty.
Bijin Krishna, commissioner, is the convenor, and Bhattacharjee and other senior officials are members of the committee. The committee members will hold a meeting every week to take proactive steps so that people do not face any problem due to vector-borne diseases in any of the 66 wards of the civic body.