The Municipal Corporations have issued legal notices/challans to the Delhi's premier schools and colleges for the presence of mosquito breeding spots on school premises.
"In addition to big public schools, 72 Government schools and small public schools have also been found breeding Aedes mosquito. All of these schools have been issued legal notices or challans as per provisions under DMC Act. All the breeding has been treated by staff and schools have been advised to keep the school premises free of mosquito breeding to save tender children," said the municipal official.
It may be noted that the vector Aedes mosquito breeds clean water keep for long time. Special attention should by paid to keep places like coolers, overhead tanks, drums, haudis, tin, tyres, kabad, plastic waste lying in open holding rain water, discarded tyres, flower pots, money plant, bamboo shoots (Fengshui), earthen bird pots, fountains, waterfalls, swimming pool, construction sites, roof top and any water collections, clean.
last year, Delhi witnessed worst dengue outbreak in the past 20 years which affected more than 15,000 people and claimed 100 lives. This year, Delhi has recorded about 119 dengue cases so far.
In a special drive to check the dengue of mosquito breeding sites, the South Delhi Municipal Corporation found the presence of Aedes mosquito breeding places at Delhi Public School (Mathura Road), GD Goenka Public School (Vasant Kunj), Holy Child Auxillum Public School (Vasant Vihar and RK Puram), Green Field School (Safdarjung Enclave), St John School (lodhi Road), Rayn Public school (Vasantkunj), Vasant Valley School (Vasantkunj), Mother's Pride School (MB road and Palam) among other top schools.
Manav Manglam school (Pehladpur), Hamdard School (lajpat Nagar), RA Khan College (Amar Colony), Notre Dame school, NTPC (Mathura road), Balvant Rai Mehta School (Masjid Moth), GK-III, Saint John's School (Masjid Moth, G.K -III), Khazani Women's Polytechnic (Khanpur), Pitambar Public School (Kishangarh), Satya Sai Bal Vihar (RK Puram), DAV School (RK Puram), Shivaji College and Rajdhani college (Rajouri Garden), Meera Devi Model school, (Janakpuri), Mishri Devi Public school (Shyam Vihar), MBD Public school ( Old Palam road), Baba Haridass Institute (Haridass Nagar), Navyug Public school (Sainik Enclave), ITl Public school,(Dwarka), Queen Valley Public school ( Dwarka).