Kanpur: The health department is set to launch a one-month special communicable disease control programme across the district from July 1. The campaign will begin from Maqsoodabad.An inter-departmental coordination meeting was convened at the new auditorium, Sarasaiya Ghat, chaired by District Magistrate Jitendra Pratap Singh, to review preparations for the special communicable disease control campaign. All departments were asked to work responsibly to ensure the campaign’s success, with 100% completion of work as per the plan. Stress was laid on data feeding and continuous monitoring.Singh expressed displeasure at the absence of the nodal officer from the health education department and ordered that a show cause notice be issued. The district malaria officer was tasked to review the microplan received from ten blocks, including the Municipal Corporation area, and submit a report.Based on last year’s data for vector-borne diseases, 36 locations have been deemed sensitive and identified as hot spots. These include Vinayakpur, cantonment, Ambedkar Nagar Kaka deo, Usmanpur, Ompurwa, Kalyanpur North & south, Gandhi Gram, Krishna Nagar, Sarvodya Nagar, Geeta Nagar, Gwaltoli, Jarauli, Tilak Nagar, Panki, Parmat, Nirala Nagar, Nawabganj, world Bank Barra colony, Vishnupru, Nankari, Saraimeeta, Shyam Nagar, Macrober ganj, Barra West, Maharajpur, Bilhour, Bithor, Tikra, Maqsoodabad.The district magistrate directed that anti-larvae medicines be sprayed in these areas as part of the campaign. The concerned Additional Chief Medical Officer, MOIC and City Health Officer are to visit these areas, interact with local citizens, and submit a report by June 30.A Door-to-door Dastak campaign will run alongside from July 11 to July 31. During this period, Asha and Anganwadi workers will visit each household to raise awareness about prevention of mosquito-borne diseases. Simultaneously, a ‘Stop Diarrhoea Control Campaign’ is scheduled to run for two months.The DM instructed that updates about ongoing work in rural areas be provided to the respective village chiefs to keep them informed and ensure their cooperation. The health department teams will also conduct door-to-door checks for mosquito breeding grounds such as coolers, tyres, pots, and refrigerator trays.Since January, mosquito breeding has been detected in 195 houses, with 73 homes challaned and the remaining warned.