The state health department has decided to award a trophy to the police recruits of the IRB, Bhondsi, in recognition of their contribution to administering polio drops to kids during the pulse polio rounds in Gurgaon district, besides learning effective policing techniques. Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda will present the trophy to the recruits at the coming passing-out parade function. According to Gurgaon civil surgeon S.S. Dalal, the district health department required about 3,520 "vaccinators' in Gurgaon during each pulse polio round. While the department had only 1,782 doctors and nurses who were deployed for administering polio drops, the remaining "vaccinators' were arranged from various other government departments in addition to the schoolchildren studying in higher classes. He said 700 recruits getting training at the IRB, Bhondsi, also extended their help during the last seven rounds of the pulse polio campaign in the district. Besides their training to perform primary duty of maintaining law and order, the involvement of these recruits in the polio eradication campaign was laudable. So, a decision was taken at the state level to felicitate them by presenting a trophy for their contribution towards society and to set an example, he added. Dalal said the health department would observe this month as sanitation month to focus on spreading awareness about cleanliness and the importance of sanitation among the people, especially villagers. A larval survey was being conducted in Gurgaon. Their findings so far showed that larva of mosquitoes, responsible for malaria and dengue, were present in desert coolers and over head tanks. Till now 17 cases of malaria were traced in the district. Under the scheme for rural areas, a special thrust had been given on providing maternal and child health care facilities. He said Gurgaon would get three more delivery huts this year. At present, 34 delivery huts were functional in rural areas of the district.