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Amit Shah , Pune Municipal Corporation’s immunization officer, said, “The first challenge to achieve the 100% target is MR vaccination is not compulsory. PUNE: The state-wide measles-rubella vaccination drive has hit some bumps to achieve the 100% target in the city.The drive started on November 27 as part of the nation-wide campaign to eliminate measles-rubella (MR) by 2020. Officials of some municipal corporations told him about the difficulties they were facing in carrying out the vaccination. Sayyed Wasim, assistant administration officer at PMC’s education department for Urdu-medium schools, said they held a meeting with the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind , Pune branch. Misleading information shared on the social media have further added to the issues.”The chief secretary reviewed the drive in the state’s municipal corporations on January 10..