Jagdalpur. The administration has geared up for the successful conduct of the National Pulse Polio Vaccination Campaign, scheduled for June 28, 2026, in Bastar district. To ensure the successful implementation of the campaign and inter-departmental coordination, a meeting of the District Task Force was held under the chairmanship of Collector Akash Chhikara. During this meeting, the Collector directed all district-level officials to establish better coordination with their field staff and ensure extensive publicity at every level to achieve the campaign's 100% target.
Chief Medical and Health Officer Dr. Sanjay Basak, while providing information on the preparations for this mega campaign, stated that this year, Bastar district has set an ambitious target of administering polio drops to a total of 120,804 children aged 0 to 5 years under the National Pulse Polio Vaccination Campaign. To achieve this massive target on time, 498 approved booths have been set across the district, with 100 supervisors deployed to monitor them. In addition, 1,992 vaccination workers, 20 mobile teams, and 24 transit teams will be on the ground. In the Jagdalpur urban area alone, a total of 72 booths have been set up. The administration has adopted a special strategy this time, whereby mobile teams will be actively deployed in high-risk areas such as markets, fairs, fair grounds, brick kilns, construction sites, nomadic settlements, bus stands, and railway stations to ensure that every child visiting those areas receives the polio vaccine.