Hearsay among people in Uttar Pradesh has led to the high incidence of polio in the state. A team which went to administer polio drops to under five children here, met with a considerable resistance from parents. "These drops will make our children paralytic',said some parents in Harola village. Dr. Anil Kumar ,who led the team ,tried to convince the parents,but could not. Later, Dy CMO Dr. P.K. Singh was able to persuade the parents to bring out their children for polio drops. Earlier, in a number of villages parents asked the mobile teams to return, and the police had to intervene. Police officer said due to ignorance and prejudic many parent don't want their kids to be given polio drops. Many parents feel that polio drops would make their children blind or ill.