A special train which will help in preventing mosquito breeding along the railway tracks in Delhi was l jointly flagged off by the Northern Railway and North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NMC) on Friday.
The 'Mosquito Terminator on Wheels' will spray larvicides through a truck mounted with power spray placed on a mosquito terminator train.
A senior SDMC officials said that the train will cover areas around the railway lines of Old Delhi, Sadar Bazar, Sabzi Mandi Station, Azadpur, Badli and Narela.
While flagging off the train from New Delhi Railway Station, Mayor of North Delhi Raja Iqbal Singh said that the NMC in collaboration with Northern Railways has the drive to eliminate the menace of dengue, malaria and chikungunya.
Mayor said that during rainy days, water gets accumulated in the pits around the railway line which increases the possibility of mosquito breeding.
He said that this precautionary measure will save thousands of people living near the railway line from diseases like dengue, malaria and chikungunya. Mayor thanked the railway authorities for their support for the mosquito terminator action train.