The Delhi Government-led campaign to combat vector borne diseases has picked up pace with scores of people checking their houses and posting pictures on various social media platforms on Sunday.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also posted a video on twitter in which he was seen checking his home and cleaning pots. "I along with my family checked our home at 10 am in the morning. It is not difficult to achieve anything after lakhs of people join together The success of #10Hafte10Baje10Minutecampaign is itself an evidence," he tweeted.
Delhi Government started the massive awareness campaign '10Hafte 10Baje 10Minute' urging people to inspect their house for any standing water has yielded a positive result as cases of these diseases have reduced this year drastically.
The campaign from September 1 and November 15 to combat dengue has garnered a massive support from public and several other well-known personalities across the country. Bollywood actors Emran Hashmi, Taapsee Pannu, Swara Bhaskar and filmmaker Mahesh Bhat, and several senior journalists, including Rajdeep Sardesai, Nidhi Razdan, Faye D'Souza, have supported the campaign.
Kejriwal had said participation of these public personalities will inspire common people to take precautions in combating this vector-borne disease.
Chief Minister had also directed his colleagues in the Cabinet to work towards encouraging mass participation in the third week of the campaign. He along with his cabinet ministers and MLAs also visited residential areas of the city on Sunday, requesting people to check mosquito breeding in their surroundings.
Last year, 2,798 dengue cases and four deaths were recorded in Delhi. Both the Delhi government and the local bodies have been making efforts to raise awareness among the people on precautions to ensure that there is no breeding of mosquito larvae in and around their houses.
At least 57 cases of malaria reported last week of September, taking the total number of patients suffering from the disease to 304 this year. According to the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC), which tabulates the data on vector-borne diseases in the city, the number of dengue cases reported till September 21 stands at 217 with 46 fresh cases reported last week.
Meanwhile, mosquito-breeding has been reported in at least 130200 households and 106602 legal notices have been issued this year.
