With rising number of dengue cases in Raipur, it has been decided to form a joint team of the Chhattisgarh Health Department and the Raipur Municipal Corporation to monitor all 70 wards in the city, it was announced on Thursday.
A total of 288 cases have been reported in Raipur. The maximum outbreak has happened in Ram Nagar area in Gudhiyari, Dr Subash Mishra, Director (Epidemic), told The Pioneer.
He said during inspection of affected areas, larvae of Aedes mosquito was found in water kept in stored condition.
The joint teams will visit house to house. In areas of water shortage, water availability will be augmented through tankers, he said.