MCD staff inspected more than 2.95 crore households as part of a campaign to combat vector-borne diseases in Delhi, and the authorities issued penalties amounting to a cumulative Rs 73 lakh for violations, the civic body said on Monday. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is carrying out a campaign against dengue, malaria, and other mosquito-borne diseases on a war-footing. Dengue is caused by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which breeds in stagnant water, it said.
The MCD’s public health department, under its campaign to control mosquito-borne diseases, carried out an intensive campaign in 197 police station areas in all its 12 zones, the civic body said. During the campaign, 83 were found to be mosquito-breeding sites. The MCD slapped 60 legal notices, filed one prosecution, issued three court challans, and levied administrative charges in one case, the statement said. The department also carried out intensive checking drives at Punjabi Bagh, Vasant Kunj, Jagatpuri, Usmanpur, Nizamuddin, Amar Colony, Lahori Gate, Burari, Swaroop Nagar, Paschim Vihar, Aman Vihar, Bawana, Rithala, Mayapuri, Sultanpuri, Ghazipur, Geeta Colony, and Ambedkar Nagar police stations and malkhanas, it added.
“The MCD has conducted 2,95,69,150 (2.95 crore) house visits. A total of 14,84,050 (14.84 lakh) houses have been sprayed with insecticides, and 1,35,462 (1.35 lakh) legal notices have been issued. Fines have been levied upon 22,195 defaulters, and a sum of Rs 73,36,640 (Rs 73.36 lakh) has been received for destroying mosquito breeding sites and larva-eating fish
