Additional polio drive on Sunday

The cases have been reported from Navapura Hathikhana, Panigate and New Indiranagar settlement in Gorwa. Peerzada said the additional dose of PPI would be administered among all the children up to the age of five in these particular areas to ensure that polio is totally eliminated from the city by the turn of the Century.

As many as 52,000 children will be administered the pulse polio vaccine through 200 booths which are to be set up by the VMC. It may be recalled that in the PPI programmes conducted during the last couple of years, the VMC was being able to administer vaccine to the target decided before carrying out the drive.