Delhi govt directs civic bodies to begin door-to-door campaign to combat larvae breeding

All civic bodies in Delhi have been asked to send dengue control workers door to door for checking of breeding of mosquito larvae in households, Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj said on Tuesday. Delhi has reported 105 fresh dengue cases in the past week, taking the tally to nearly 350, according to a municipal corporation report issued on Monday.
“We have reserved five per cent of beds in hospitals (for dengue patients). We have told hospitals to make special arrangements for it. The MCD, Delhi Cantonment Board, NDMC (New Delhi Municipal Council) have been asked to send domestic breeding checkers door to door for checking of breeding (of larvae),” Bharadwaj said. The Delhi health minister, without naming anyone, said, “We are trying to raise awareness. However, the advertisement that we had told the department about, has not been released deliberately by it”.
“I think this is also a conspiracy, so that awareness doesn’t get raised among people, and they get afflicted and affected by it. Despite being told regularly, advertisements are not being issued in newspapers and on TVs. The 10 Hafte-10 Baje-10 Minute campaign is not being started again,” he alleged. Why are officials “doing conspiracy” and why “no action” is being taken against them, Bharadwaj claimed and said the “biggest harm” that has come to the people of Delhi due to the Delhi Services Bill, is this only. The city recorded 243 cases of the vector-borne disease till July 28.