NEW DELHI: With the number of dengue cases going up rapidly in the Capital, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi has stepped up its drive to check breeding of aedes mosquito by carrying out extensive fogging across the city.

After the recent rains in the Capital, there has been a sharp increase in the breeding of aedes mosquito and also in the number of dengue cases reported from various localities of the city. Till this past week, 70 dengue cases were reported, 38 of them from Delhi. The maximum number of cases were reported from the Karol Bagh, Rohini and Najafgarh zones.

"The number of dengue cases are higher compared to last year, clearly indicating that people are not paying attention to the advice given by us for prevention of mosquito breeding. Till last week mosquito breeding was detected in 32,693 premises for which 11,268 persons were prosecuted and legal notices issued to 26,661 people," said a senior MCD health official on Thursday.

"It has been decided that the civic body staff will work on Sunday also to detect mosquito breeding spots and prosecute defaulting residents. We have already started fogging operation on a massive scale through vehicle-mounted machines, targeting particularly those localities from where the dengue cases have been reported," he said, adding that during the fogging exercise, residents were being asked to keep their windows open.

The MCD has asked residents to take simple measures to prevent breeding of aedes mosquito, which include emptying desert coolers and properly covering water tanks besides not allowing collection of water in any containers, tyres, waste articles and bird pots lying in and around houses.

"People are also being advised not to indulge in self-treatment if they suffer from high fever with headache, pain in eyes, body-ache and rashes on the body. Such patients should immediately be brought to the nearest hospital for treatment as delay in taking treatment can be fatal," the official added.

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