Sumitra Deb Roy TNN
Mumbai: The civic body claims that 85% of breeding spots for dengue mosquitoes was either inside houses or some place very close to the homes of those affected by the virus. The BMC has therefore put the onus on citizens to curb the spread of dengue that has claimed three lives this week.
Aday after the death of Devendra Singh (41) from Malwani due to suspected dengue, the insecticide department has swung into action and carried out intensive vector control activities. “We found that a drum used to store water and kept behind his house was as a breeding ground. We found eggs of Aedes Egypti mosquito there. Near Singh’s home, there were six breeding spots,” said Rajan Naringrekar, BMC’s chief insecticide officer.
Before the Malwani case, two consecutive deaths were reported from Goregaon’s Shastri Nagar and Motilal Nagar. In these areas, too, Naringrekar said the breeding grounds were flower pots and petri dishes kept inside houses. At Shastri Nagar, as many as 21 breeding sites were found on building premises, including terraces.
Shastri Nagar resident Santosh Ghodke, who got discharged from the Siddharth Hospital after five days of hospitalization, said they found breeding spots near watertanks on the building’s terrace. He said around 8 others from his society, Jay Rajratna, were affected by dengue.
The spurt in dengue may not be restricted to Goregaon alone as doctors across the city say there has been a rise.
Over 400 positive cases have been reported. Compared to this, there were five dengue deaths in 2012. Maharashtra has recorded the highest number of deaths in the country at 31, along with 1,818 positive cases.
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