India News | Stakeholders Told to Provide List of Water-logging Prone Sites: EDMC
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. All stakeholders in the vector-borne diseases control programme have been asked by civic authorities in east Delhi to provide a list of areas which are low-lying or prone to waterlogging during and after the rainy season, officials said on Friday.
New Delhi, Apr 15 (PTI) All stakeholders in the vector-borne diseases control programme have been asked by civic authorities in east Delhi to provide a list of areas which are low-lying or prone to waterlogging during and after the rainy season, officials said on Friday.
The decision was taken during a meeting of a task force set up in compliance with the directions of the Delhi High Court on prevention and control of vector-borne diseases, held under the chairmanship of EDMC Commissioner Vikas Anand.
East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) has recently prepared an annual action plan for the prevention of vector-borne diseases.
All stakeholders were informed to provide a list of sites or areas in their respective jurisdiction, which are low-lying or have potential for waterlogging during and after rainy season, the EDMC said in a statement.
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The EDMC will facilitate in following up on such low-lying sites and thus facilitating source reduction of mosquito-breeding sites, it said.
At least 69 cases of dengue have been reported in the national capital this year, the civic authorities had said on Monday.
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