Raising the issue during Zero Hour, BJP member from Darjeeling S S Ahluwalia said the state government was not doing anything even as many people were dying.
The government should set up a high-powered committee to look into the matter and also send a special medical team to the state, he said.
Congress member Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said many people have died and many more are infected. There is not enough medical facilities to deal with the situation, the member said.
Trinamool Congress member Sultan Ahmed said the state government has taken up the encephalitis matter seriously.
Jagdambika Pal (BJP) drew the attention of the government to the growing problem of the disease in eastern Uttar Pradesh.
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