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Bindu Shajan Perappadan
NEW DELHI: Malaria and the deadly dengue could well be a thing of the past for the Capital with this very latest gift of technology. If things go as planned, Delhiites may soon bid good-bye to mosquito coils and bottled repellents. Having received an in-principle green signal from the World Health Organisation, "bed net'' -- made from high density polythethylene (HDPE) impregnated with a potent anti-malarial insecticide -- will be introduced in the city this coming July. Brought in by GAIL as part of the Union Government's "anti-malaria campaign", the new technology has been developed by Sumitomo Chemicals of Japan and the nets will be available in the open market by this monsoon. The nets, costing Rs. 200-250 apiece in the Indian markets, work on a simple principle, explained a GAIL official: "The insecticide used over the nets are released at a controlled rate and proves fatal for the mosquitoes. The net remains effective for at least five years.'' Officials also claim that they have already identified two local manufacturers who will be making the honeycomb designed bed net from a special long lasting resin. "These bed nets will be distributed by GAIL in select villages with the help of the State Governments, health departments and monitored for qualitative acceptance and evaluation by WHO,'' said the official. Speaking about the future use of the technology and the possibilities that it opens up for the general market, the official explained: "The use of this technology is not restricted to mosquito net alone, but can also be used as window guards. While contact with the net proves fatal for the mosquito, it has been clinically approved for humans as it has no side-effects. The two South-based manufacturing companies with whom GAIL has tied up for manufacturing the nets are Quality Filament and Subhalakshmi Net Manufactures both located at Karur in Tamil Nadu.''
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