Reports of 12 dengue deaths across the Capital on Tuesday prompted the civic bodies to swing into action and suspend two health department officials of North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NMC) for failing to check mosquito breeding. Now the number of deaths due to dengue has risen to 16 in the Capital in this season. “We received reports of 11 more deaths from the Shahbad Daulatpur area in the Rohini Zone on Tuesday,” said NMC Mayor Azad Singh.
With cases of dengue rampant in Rohini zone of NMC, Municipal Commissioner PK Gupta suspended Deputy Health Office and Malaria Inspector. NMC officials said four deaths were reported from Shahabad Daulatpur area during the last 24 hours but it is yet to be ascertained whether these deaths were due to dengue. As panic spread in the area, municipal authorities claimed that all efforts were on to control the situation.
NMC Mayor Azad Singh, Commissioner PK Gupta and other senior officials inspected the area on Tuesday evening and took stock of the drive against mosquito breeding. “The exact cause of the deaths is unknown. The corporation will station two mobile dispensaries in Shahbad Daulatpur and one each in Buddh Vihar and Kirari Wednesday onwards,” said Additional Commissioner (Health) Mayank Sharma.
North Delhi Municipal Corporation Commissioner Praveen Kumar Gupta has “cancelled the leaves of medical and paramedical staff of all the polyclinics falling under North Corporation’s jurisdiction”, NDMC public relation officer Yogendra Singh Mann said.
Meanwhile, South Delhi Municipal Corporation has also intensified its fumigation drive and decided to cancel the holidays of Domestic Breeding Checkers (DBCs).