More than 3.2 lakh children below the age of five were administered the polio vaccine by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation on Sunday, which marked the second round of this year’s Pulse Polio Immunization Programme.

While the polio vaccine was administered at booths that were set up across the city, the health department staff will go from house to house over the next three days to administer vaccine to those children who have not been administered the vaccine.

The highest number of vaccines were administered in the South Zone while ward wise, the highest was Vatva ward, also in South Zone. The mayor, Deputy mayor, municipal commissioner, standing committee chairman and other officials too made rounds of a number of booths and administered the polio vaccine to children below the age of five.

The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, along with other organizations like Rotary and Lions Clubs, Lokseva Mandal, Ashirwad Sewa Trust, AMA and others organized the polio immunization drive. Students and doctors of AMC run hospitals and medical college also took part in the drive, a AMC statement said on Sunday evening.

The 100 Battalion Rapid Action Force (RAF), Ahmedabad also participated in the polio immunization programme on Sunday. The RAF men established four immunization camps at Vastral, Ratanpura, Mahadevnagar, and Sumin-Shrijee Park. The women constables of this unit administered vaccine to the children who were also given sweets later.

About 4,100 children were administered the vaccine on Sunday, a statement from the Commandant, Vastral said.