Dist admin issues advisory for precautions against jaundice

District administration here has issued advisory for the peopleand shopkeepers for taking precautions against the spread of jaundice in the capital town.
Shimla Deputy Commissioner Dinesh Malhotra has urged the restaurants, hotels and Dhabas to serve only boiled water to customers and said that necessary steps are being taken to control jaundice epidemic and instructions for the prevention of disease have been issued under Epidemic Disease Act.
Malhotra ordered "sealing" of all the natural springs in and around the town to stop people from consuming contaminated water and said that fresh water would be supplied free of costfrom Water ATMs in Vikas Nagar areas, worst hit by jaundice.

Meanwhile, former state BJP president and local MLA from Shimla, Suresh Bharadwaj, has lashed out at the government for its abject failure to check spread of jaundice.
He said that the reported statement of the Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh that "there is no rocket solution" to control the disease was "ridiculous and reflects his insensitiveness".
The state BJP spokesman, Ganesh Dutt, has also criticised the government and Shimla Municipal Corporation for not taking effective steps to check jaundice.