Dengue, malaria prevention: Chandigarh officials take steps to clean stagnant water points

The department is taking steps to prevent dengue and malaria cases in the city.

The health department has strengthened steps to eliminate dengue and malaria larvae from different parts of the city following the intermittent rainfall.

Health officials said steps are being taken to clean stagnant water points in the city. Gaurav Aggarwal, anti-malaria officer, said: “In view of the rainfall, monitoring is being strengthened with the help of the municipal corporation. If they find stagnant water points, action is immediately taken,” he said.

The department is taking steps to prevent dengue and malaria cases in the city. “A strategy has been devised to prevent any outbreak of water-borne and vector-borne disease in the city,” Aggarwal said.

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Another official said rain water always increases the chances of more stagnant water points. Recently, the health department, during an inspection at Manimajra Motor Market, seized a large number of tyres, which could have become potential sources of mosquito larvae. According to the health officials, three malaria cases have been reported in the city so far. No dengue case has been reported yet. Last year, more than 1,000 dengue cases were reported from the city.

The health department also collaborated with the fisheries department to use gambusia fishes to eliminate the larvae.

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