Kolkata: One day after two students of Salt Lake's Bharatiya
Vidya Bhavan died at Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals suffering dengue and
haemorrhagic shock, the state government has asked schools across the state to
clean the premises so that dengue-carrying mosquito Aedes aegypti doesn't
breed.
Reports are that the two students, Purbita Hazra (8) and
Bibhoshan Guha Thakurta (9) died hemorrhagic shock. Dengue has been confirmed only
as the cause of death in Purbita’s case.
Following the deaths, more than 100 parents gathered outside
the school on Monday and urged for proper sanitation in the school. The parents
also complained about cleanliness in the school while accused the school
authority for ‘neglecting the issue’ for long.
Rekha Vaisya, Principal of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, has said:
“We are getting complaints despite the fact that we regularly clean toilets. We
have to look into it and do the needful. The primary section will be shut for a
week and in that time we will arrange for the surroundings to be absolutely
cleaned.”
The school has announced that the primary section will
remain shut from three days, from August 2-5, while the secondary will be
closed only for Tuesday.
School education minister Partha Chaterjee on Monday asked
schools throughout the state to take preventive measures to stop spreading
dengue.
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