SDMC workers intensify drive to control dengue
The Hindu
South Delhi Municipal Corporation Mayor Mukesh Suryan on Thursday said it has “intensified” its drive to control vector-borne diseases. This comes a day after the Delhi High Court pulled up the munici
South Delhi Municipal Corporation Mayor Mukesh Suryan on Thursday said it has “intensified” its drive to control vector-borne diseases.
This comes a day after the Delhi High Court pulled up the municipal corporations over their “failure to control dengue” with the Capital recording over 8,000 cases.
The SDMC said that fogging drives were being carried out by 1,300 field workers. It said that close to 92 lakh houses were inspected this season and mosquito breeding was found in 75,000 houses.
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