Drive against dengue in Mangalore: Fogging taken up in 1,254 houses, buildings by MCC

Drive against dengue in Mangalore: Fogging taken up in 1,254 houses, buildings by MCC

July 31: As a part of the drive against dengue, the Mangalore city corporation has decided to take up fogging operations at 41 grids and areas. These are the grids and areas from where a large number of dengue cases were reported. It includes 1,098 houses, 27 apartments and 129 other buildings.
Corporation Deputy Commissioner (Revenue) Gayathri Nayak said that 6,008 houses, 587 commercial places and 50 other buildings were sprayed as part of the campaign. As many as 182 roads were also covered in the Corporation jurisdiction, as part of the source deduction. She also mentioned that 95 drains and underground drains have been cleared. In addition, 51 mosquito-breeding sites were cleared by the Corporation officials. Along with this, up to 80 open spaces and public places have been surveyed and 94 sources of mosquito breeding have been destroyed.
She has appealed to the public to destroy all mosquito-breeding sites in their surroundings, to prevent the spread of vector-borne
diseases.