Prayagraj: Health Department officials are in a capture situation 22 after finding that lonely coolers, flower posts and articles left or not used are disposed of on the roof of the house have changed the breeding land for mosquitoes in most houses, especially in lowlands.
Ganga belt, in the city of Sangam.
After conducting a detailed survey in more than 60,000 houses, especially in the hotspot area such as Chota Baghara and Govindpur, officials found that more than 40 percent of the owners or tenants have not yet cleared coolers, flower pots, or have not wasted articles that are not used.
Stored on the roof side of the house since a month.
In addition, due to the accumulation of flood water in the open plot and the basement in the Chota Baghara area (the area of ​​lowlands in the Ganges River), the area has become a hazardous breeding place for mosquitoes, giving ways to rise in cases of mosquito transmitted diseases.
With the calculation of dengue patients who crossed 347 marks in the city and their tentacles spread in the pocket of Trans Ganga and Yamuna, a joint health team, the ProAgraj Municipal Corporation (PMC) interacts with citizens every day and did not risk them to examine the spread of vector disease -borne.
Of the total number of patients who signed dengue fever in the city in the past month, more than 50% of houses functions as a breeding place for Aedes Aedes female mosquitoes.
The Aedes Aegypti – Carrier of the Dengue Virus – Eggs in fresh water and even small puddles can be a growing place.
Ak Singh Malaria Officer (DMO) told TI on Thursday, “Our team found that larvae developed in a number of places inside a residential place, including objects left on the roof, flower pots, quiet coolers, and old tires.
Residents In Chota Baghara has not even confused the flood water from the basement of their house.
In addition, open the plot in the area lying on the ganga – where flood water accumulates during the flood – also has changed the breeding place for mosquitoes.
“At present, more than A dozen areas, including the luxury areas of civil lines are under the scanner of health officials and anti-larval spraying exercises have been intensified to maintain the disease in the bay.
The Ministry of Health claims to have surveyed more than 60,000 and three lakh houses in urban and rural areas in the district in the past month.
Singh, meanwhile, claimed that everything under control and the health team knocked every door in rural and urban areas to create awareness.
A district authority team also verified at least 150 houses every day surveyed by basic health workers in the city and rustic bags.
Senior medical officer, Dr.
Anupam Dwivedi said, “Aedes mosquito eggs hatch into larvae in less than a day and reach an adult a week.
The breeding cycle is 10-12 days.” “Homeowners or tenants must regularly clean the water site at home They.
If it’s impossible to drain water, a little kerosene can be poured to kill larvae, “he added.
With more cases of dengue fever reported in rural and urban areas, Denizens need to be an extra alert and examine the reasons of mosquito breeding urgently.
The PMC authority claims that they have carried out extensive anti-mosquito activities such as spraying fogging and anti-larvae, but also the responsibility of the population to maintain cleanliness and they must check the accumulation of water inside and around their homes and surrounding areas.