Pimpri Chinchwad, 24th June 2026: The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has set up 1,123 vaccination centres and deployed a workforce of nearly 5,000 personnel for the National Pulse Polio Immunisation Drive scheduled to be held across the city on June 28.
The civic bodyтАЩs health department has appealed to parents to ensure that all children below the age of five receive two drops of the oral polio vaccine as part of the nationwide campaign aimed at preventing the disease and sustaining IndiaтАЩs polio-free status.
Vaccination will be carried out from 8 am to 5 pm at designated booths across the city on June 28. Health workers will subsequently conduct door-to-door visits between June 29 and July 3 to cover children who may have missed the immunisation drive.
To maximise coverage, the civic administration has set up 1,008 permanent vaccination booths at municipal dispensaries, hospitals, major private healthcare facilities and anganwadi centres. In addition, 35 transit booths will function at bus stations, railway stations and metro stations, while 77 mobile teams will visit construction sites, brick kilns and settlements of migrant workers. Three special night teams have also been deployed to reach children unavailable during daytime hours.
The campaign will be supervised by eight divisional medical officers and supported by 95 medical officers, 319 supervisors and 4,552 vaccination workers. ASHA volunteers, anganwadi workers, ANMs, MPWs, college students, Rotary Club volunteers and representatives of various social organisations will also participate in the drive.
Mayor Ravi Landge urged parents to take advantage of the campaign and ensure that every eligible child is vaccinated against polio.
The World Health Organization launched the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in 1988, while India has been conducting National Pulse Polio campaigns since 1995 to immunise children and prevent the spread of the disease.
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