The Uttar Pradesh, Government has made an elaborate action plan to curb Japanese Encephalitis and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome, AES that are prevailing in the eastern part of the state for past 34 years.

The Japanese Encephalitis occurs due to mosquito bites while AES is caused by the viruses present in contaminated water.

Our Gorakhpur correspondent reports that a water testing lab will soon be established in Gorakhpur at the cost of 70 crore rupees while 124 ventilators are being given to the hospitals in the area for better treatment of the disease.

Centre has sanctioned an amount of 525 crore rupees for sanitation and providing safe drinking water in 60 encephalitis affected districts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Assam.

Our correspondent reports that Japanese Encephalitis, commonly known as Japanese Brain fever has claimed lives of over 20,000 children during past 34 years.

In recent years, water-borne encephalitis has also surfaced which takes the life of adults as well.

The disease has no treatment but only hygiene and safe drinking water can save the lives of the people.

In a review meeting in Lucknow yesterday, the chief secretary Javed Usmani instructed the effective implementation of various schemes of sanitation and safe drinking water in the affected area.

He has also instructed the medical officers to camp in the affected villages from 15th July to 15th November to supervise the action plan to curb this menace.

Ambulances will be placed at strategic places to rush the encephalitis patients to nearest health centre or referral hospitals.

The number of brain fever cases is bound to come down if the schemes are implemented in a truer sense.