Archive · 11 Sep 2026
Bhiwandi Civic Body Enlists Religious Leaders for Health Drive
Bhiwandi’s city officials want more families to use important health services.
They met with religious leaders, doctors and health workers to plan this effort.
The leaders will encourage parents to vaccinate their children on time.
They will also help health workers reach children who may have missed vaccines.
Doctors explained that giving birth in a hospital is safer because emergencies can happen suddenly.
Hospitals can provide surgery, blood or other urgent care when needed.
The leaders will also ask residents to separate wet and dry waste.
Everyone is being asked to help keep the city clean.
Bhiwandi-Nizampur City Municipal Corporation held a meeting with religious leaders, doctors and health officials.
Officials asked community leaders to promote childhood vaccination and help locate children who missed doses.
Health workers reported difficulty accessing some buildings and housing societies to verify vaccination status.
Doctors urged families to choose institutional deliveries because childbirth complications may require emergency treatment.
The civic body also appealed for wet-and-dry waste segregation and cleaner neighbourhoods.
- Who
- The Bhiwandi-Nizampur City Municipal Corporation, religious leaders, doctors and health officials.
- What
- A community outreach initiative promoting childhood vaccination, institutional childbirth and improved sanitation.
- When
- The special meeting was held on September 10, 2026; the initiative was reported on September 11, 2026.
- Where
- Bhiwandi, Maharashtra.
- Why
- To reach families hesitant about vaccination or hospital deliveries, improve health-worker access and encourage cleaner neighbourhoods.
- Civic body
- Bhiwandi-Nizampur City Municipal Corporation
- Municipal commissioner
- Anmol Sagar
- Vaccination focus
- Routine immunisation protects children against 11 serious diseases, according to health officials.
- Childbirth guidance
- Doctors recommended institutional deliveries so emergency care can be provided when necessary.
- Sanitation guidance
- Residents were urged to separate wet and dry waste and keep areas around their homes clean.
- Meeting participants
- Muslim ulema, Hindu priests, Buddhist representatives, Indian Medical Association doctors and health officials.
- Organisers
- Chief Medical Officer Dr Sandeep Gadekar and TB Department in-charge Dr Bushra Sayyed organised the meeting on the commissioner’s directions.