The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has issued notice to Samajwadi Party's chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's residence at 16 Ashoka Road for the presence of dengue mosquito breeding grounds.
In a related development, the council has issued challan to the Metro Bhawan, Daman and Diu Bhawan and to the contractor who is responsible for construction work at Supreme Court after mosquito breeding sites were spotted by NDMC officials. Till August 28, NDMC had issued 94 notices to President's estate for dengue breeding spots and five embassies too for allowing breeding of mosquitoes that cause Dengue.
Speaking to The Pioneer, a senior NDMC official said, "We are not leaving any stone unturned in spotting the presence of mosquito breeding grounds in every house, VIP locations and even Government buildings falling under NDMC's jurisdictions. We are trying to eliminate the factors liable for vectore-borne diseases."
"These locations were found to be active in mosquito breeding for 'aedes mosquito' that causes dengue and anopheles mosquito causing malaria along with other vector-borne diseases," said the official.
The civic agency has issued challans to the Junior Engineer (JE) of Airport Authority of India's office Central Public Works Department (CPWD), to the contractor who is heading construction site at lady Irwin College, JE of CPWD unit of Jamnagar House, the manager of HP petrol pump located at Ashoka Road and to the contractor at Kidwai Nagar's metro construction site.
last week, The Pioneer had reported that the NDMC had issued advisory to all the embassies, when five embassies were found positive for letting mosquitoes breed in their premises. These Embassies include: Ethiopia, Czech Republic, Ghana, Malaysia and Singapore. The civic body also issued challans to four hospitals and Mount Carmel school. The four hospitals are All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Safdarjung Hospital, Ram Manohar lohia Hospital (RMl) and lady Hardinge Hospital along with all the State Government Bhawans were issued warming notices.
From January to August 28, the NDMC has issued over 3,408 notices and 179 challans to the houses, institutions and Government bodies coming under its domain. Till now, over 11 cases of dengue have been registered in the area.
To tackle the problem of vector-borne diseases, "It is the collective responsibility of the people as well as the civic agencies for the preparedness of dengue and vector born diseases in the monsoon months." People should be more active in making their place hygienic with no open water should be stored in flower pots, cans and buckets, said the official.