As cases of vector-borne diseases rise, municipal corporations are yet to start preventive measures like fogging, spraying insecticides and crating awareness to control the menace. The national Capital has witnessed 59 cases of malaria so far, in which 12 fresh cases were reported last week. Also, with four fresh cases of dengue, the numbers of cases have reached to 48.
However, officials of all the three corporations said that measures have been taken to reduce the menace of vector borne disease. “Dengue breeding checkers keep visiting houses and complexes in each ward,” they said.
Accusing various agencies for maintaining drains, he said that city's drains are managed by multiple authorities and in absence of better coordination, desilting of drains never completed before monsoon, resulting in water logging everywhere. “Water logging and chocked drains are the main source of breeding,” he added.
last week, North Corporation conducted an inter-sectoral meeting for discussing issues related to monsoon preparedness. Officials of North Corporation claimed to have desilted 85 per cent of drains deeper than four feet in its jurisdiction. The meeting was attended by various Government agencies such as Delhi Development Authority, Public Works Department, Flood and Irrigation Department and Delhi Jal Board apart.
All the three municipal corporations have reported breeding of mosquitoes from nearly 33622 households in the national Capital this year, according to the civic bodies. The civic bodies have issued 39699 notices to various people and establishments after mosquitogenic conditions were found in their houses or premises. At least 2673 prosecutions have also been launched after breeding was found, a report from South Delhi Municipal Corporation said.
The total number of the people affected by dengue was 9,271in 2017 and the numbers of malaria and chikungunya cases recorded in 2017 stood at 1,142 and 940 respectively. Of the 9,271 dengue cases, 4,726 patients were from Delhi, while 4,545 had come to the city from other states for treatment.
Dengue and chikungunya are caused by the Aedes Aegypti mosquito, which breeds in clean water. The female Anopheles mosquito, which causes malaria, breeds in both clean and muddy water.