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Delhi’s population explosion should not lead to
epidemics and the resultant human loss. The human resource of
India’s capital must be protected from infectious diseases like
malaria, dengue, diahorrea, etc. Hygiene must be maintained in
public places. Large parts of Delhi, in fact 50 per cent of its
population, are yet to be sewered. This endangers the population
to a great extent. The public hospitals must be enlarged and made
more efficient. Blood banks should never run out of stocks. The
personnel in the health services department must be made
accountable. In the 1990s, I had formed a Polio Sena, or volunteer
army of children who took a vow to rid Delhi of polio. Something
along those lines must be attempted again. |
