3 fresh dengue cases reported in a week, tally reaches 72 this year

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3 fresh dengue cases reported in a week, tally reaches 72 this year

Tuesday, 29 March 2022 | Staff Reporter | NEW DELHI

With three fresh cases of dengue reported in a week in the national capital, the total number of people infected with the vector borne disease has reached 72 this year.

According to a report released by the civic agencies on Monday 12 cases of malaria and 14 cases of chikungunya also reported this year. Concerned over the cases of vector-borne diseases, Commissioner of the South Corporation Gyanesh Bharti has issued advisory on prevention and control of vector borne diseases. He called for prevention of mosquito breeding at source. The Commissioner asked head of departments of various agencies including Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), Delhi Jal Board (DJB), Delhi Development Authority (DDA), Delhi Police, Public Works Department (PWD), and Central Public Works Department (CPWD) to nominate the nodal officers to ensure preventive measures.

“This year, there is a need to concentrate more on Educational Institutes colleges and schools as they were closed due to corona crisis and now they are reopening. The designated nodal officer of these institutes must ensure that there is no artificial water collection in open grounds, roofs of buildings, flower pots etc. Also, overhead tanks should be emptied, covered and locked. Unused vehicles like school/college buses should be covered and parked in covered spaces to prevent water collection inside,” Bharti said. Bharti has requested all the heads of all agencies to ensure that the water tanks or containers placed overhead and others area are kept properly covered with lid and overflow pipe or air vent are covered with wire mesh. Collection of stagnant water should not be allowed inside or around office premises and if the same does take place a little quantity of kerosene, petrol and diesel may be put in such stagnant wastewater collection. Unused or broken bottles, plastic cups, pots and tyres etc. that can hold water should not be left in the open.Bharti also requested the heads of offices to nominate their nodal officers to ensure compliance of advisory and proper prevention and control of waterborne diseases by eliminating breeding of mosquitoes across their complex. “The Delhi Municipal Corporation by laws 1975 on Malaria and other vector-borne diseases provides for an action on failure to take specified prevented measures.  The failure is punishable. On detection of repeated breeding, besides legal notice, challan, Police complaint may be lodged under section 269 of Indian Penal Code,” he said. Bharti has called upon Resident Welfare Associations, Market Association and general public to take preventive measures failing which the outbreak of dengue and chikungunya may become uncontrollable. He has sent a advisory to all offices of Central, State Government, CPWD, PWD, DDA, Delhi Police, Delhi Jal Board, DMRC. Registrars of all universities and deemed universities in Delhi, all associations of professionals and all associations of traders, chambers of commerce.

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