By IANS,
New Delhi : The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has fined officials at the Commonwealth Games village for letting water stagnate on its construction sites, which have become breeding grounds for mosquitoes causing dengue, Delhi Mayor Kanwar Sain said Tuesday.
“The Commonwealth Games village has become a breeding ground for dengue-carrying mosquitoes. We had gone there for an inspection last week and fined the officials for allowing water stagnation,” Sain told IANS.
Pushing aside Delhi Health Minister Kiran Walia’s critical remarks about the MCD not doing enough to check the rising number of dengue cases in the capital, Sain said the civic agency is doing its best to do all it can to arrest this rising trend.
“This year, due to late rains in the capital, there was a rise in the number of dengue patients. Next year, we will have the situation under control. There will be no such problem during the Commonwealth Games,” he said.
On Monday, Walia had said that the civic body was not taking proper care to stop breeding of mosquitoes in Delhi.
“Despite several reminders, the MCD health officer is not informing the Delhi government about total dengue cases in various hospitals,” she said.
Sain, however, said the MCD was taking all precautions to check the spread of the vector-borne disease and keeping a tab on the number of confirmed cases.
“Under the guidelines of the Indian government, the IgM Capture ELISA test is the standard test for dengue. Any patient who is confirmed with dengue under this test is notified to us by all leading hospitals of Delhi, including Apollo, Fortis and Ganga Ram,” he said.
“We include the confirmed cases in the final count that we release every day,” Sain added.
The national capital so far has reported around 550 dengue cases.