District Health Officer Mahesh Biradar has said that the Health and Family Welfare Department has aimed to make Yadgir a polio-free district by strictly implementing the Pulse Polio drive across the district, in two phases.
He was addressing a press conference in Yadgir on Thursday.
Dr. Biradar said that, in the first phase, on June 28, Health Department staff and other officers entrusted with the work will administer polio drops to children below five years of age at 665 centres established across the district.
In the second phase, between June 29 and July 1, a campaign will be launched for door-to-door visits to administer drops to eligible children.
Yadgir district with 2,47,507 houses has a population of 13,75,679. Of this, 1,66,928 are children aged below five years.
As many as 704 staff members and 134 supervisors are working to administer polio drops on the scheduled dates. A total of 1,391 other staff members has been deployed to administer polio drops to ensure that no one is left out of the campaign, Dr. Biradar said.
Reproductive Child Health officer Mallappa, who was present at the press conference, said that the achievement in administering polio drops in the last 14 years in the district has been magnificent.
The general public should join hands with the Health Department and other staff members who have been entrusted with the work to make Yadgir a polio-free district, Dr. Mallappa appealed.
The district-wise figures for eligible children are as follows: Shahapur 47,915, Shorapur 57,944 and Yadgir 61,069.
Published – June 25, 2026 07:38 pm IST