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Move to check outbreak of dengue and malaria

Staff Reporter

Civic body also to search homes of VVIPs and Govt. premises

NEW DELHI: In view of the high index of mosquito breeding this year, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi has taken several steps to prevent the outbreak of dengue and malaria in the Capital. After targeting residences, private offices and institutions, the civic body has now decided to search homes of VVIPs and conduct checks in government premises.

"So far we have been concentrating only on residences, private offices and institutions, but keeping in mind the high breeding of mosquitoes, particularly of aedes mosquito that causes the dreaded dengue, we have now decided to search homes of VVIPs that we have been avoiding so far. We will also conduct searches in government premises that have already been alerted about high breeding," said a senior MCD official.

Informing that during the past one week, around 3,000 new breeding cases have been reported, the official said: "This is in an alarming situation. By July 15 we had found over 8,500 cases of breeding and by July 22 the figure rose to more than 11,000. With the number of cases expected to rise further, we have sounded an alert and asked all our employees to step up the exercise to check breeding."

Schoolchildren

The MCD is also taking help of its schoolchildren to create awareness about dengue and the steps needed to prevent an outbreak. "Since dengue outbreak is generally reported from areas where people belonging to economically weaker sections live mainly due to poor hygienic conditions, we have been sending regular massages to these households on how to prevent mosquito breeding. We hope that this will have a positive impact," he added. Blaming intermittent shower in May and June for the high index of mosquito breeding in the city this year, the official said: "This year the weather has been suitable for mosquito breeding. This summer we saw the mercury hovering around 40 degrees Celsius, while moisture in the atmosphere resulted in ideal conditions for high mosquito breeding."

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