The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has served notices to the Rashtrapati Bhavan after mosquito breeding was found in pools of stagnant water on the sprawling complex. The NDMC has so far issued over 1,100 notices and 13 challans to various buildings at the VVIP lutyens’ Zone, which were found to be breeding spots for mosquitoes.
“Every year, we form surveillance team to check on mosquito breeding. Initially, we serve notice to the offenders. If the situation didn’t improve at the time of second inspection, challans are issued,” said a senior official of the NDMC’s Health Department.
“We have issued several notices to various complexes and residential quarters in the President’s Estate over mosquito breeding,” the official added.
last year, the NDMC had issued over 80 notices to the President’s Estate after “heavy” mosquito breeding was found at various places in its sprawling campus, he said. The number of notices issued to the President’s Estate was 125 in 2015.
However, the exact number of notices issued to the Rashtrapati Bhavan this year was not immediately available.
Among other important buildings which were issued notices are the Defence Ministry and the Delhi High Court. Also, the Haryana Bhawan, Paryavaran Bhawan, Mausum Bhawan, Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Safdarjung Hospital, AIIMS, Delhi Police Headquarters, and Ram Manohar lohia (RMl) Hospital have been served notices.
According to the latest municipal report on vector-borne diseases, at least 70 cases of dengue and 135 chikungunya cases have been reported in Delhi till June 10.