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Nazira administration gears up for encephalitis

Several people of Nazira subdivision were died in Japanise encephalitis this year. To control the raising terror of encephalitis and to make the people aware Nazira SDO conveyed a meeting among the panchayat representatives, govt. officers and managers of different tea gardens of Nazira on last July 8. The administration appeal all pig farmers not to open their pigs as it carries the virus of encephalitis. To control the mosquito, malaria department has already identified 64 places of Nazira for DDT with financial support from ONGC. Five thousand mosquito control nets will be distribute in Nazira soon. Nazira MLA Debobrat Saikia was present in the meeting.

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