Aurangabad, Dec 31:
The district collector and acting municipal commissioner Sunil Chavan today reviewed the preparations on pulse polio immunisation programme to be implemented in the city on January 17.
The medical officer and programme officer Dr Ujwala Bhamre apprised that the administration will give polio dosage to 1.98 lakh children of less than five years through 645 booths. Besides, 38 reporting units, seven core committee medical officers and 39 responsible medical officers, apart from 136 supervisors and 1,890 health workers, will be on the task.
The administration has also formed 562 teams to visit door-to-door, apart from 15 transit points like Railway Station, Central Bus Stand, Airport, Cidco Bus Stand, Siddharth Garden, Bibi Ka Maqbara, Panchakki, GMCH, MGM, Octroi Naka, Mukundwadi Railway Station, Prozone Mall, Reliance Mall, D''Mart, Private Travels Point, Jalgaon T-Point, Beed Bypass Road, Nakshatrawadi Bypass, Weekly Bazaars and Baba Petrol Pump, to administer the polio dosage.