India, Nov. 7 -- Amid the acute shortage of staff in the insect control department of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), the civic body on Thursday decided to appoint contractual staff who will be responsible for carrying out fogging and vector-borne disease surveillance and management.

The decision was taken during a meeting held on Thursday in the wake of complaints from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA, Siddharth Shirole, from Shivajinagar. The meeting was helmed by municipal commissioner Naval Kishore Ram with civic health chief Dr Nina Borade and other officials present.

Dr Borade said, "It has been decided to immediately submit a proposal to appoint contractual staff in the insect control department. It will help us strengthen ...