Eighty one challans have been issued to developers of construction sites for not following norms
Construction sites have emerged as the new mosquito-breeding grounds in the Capital. The three municipal corporations of Delhi have issued 2,850 legal notices. Besides this, 81 sites have been challaned and their developers will have to appear in court.
While the East Delhi Municipal Corporation has issued 300 legal notices, South Corporation issued around 2,000 notices and the North Corporation issued around 550 notices for "not taking appropriate measures" and allowing "mosquitoes to breed."
"Besides issuing notices, we have issued 81 challans to the developers of construction sites for not following norms. Construction sites are potential hot spots for breeding, as most of the times the contractors do not take measures against collection of water," said a senior East Corporation official.
"Action is being taken against defaulters in which the number of construction sites is high. Legal notices have been sent to all while the next step is prosecution,"
Mosquitoes mainly breed in artificial collection of clean water in desert coolers, uncovered storage containers, open septic tanks, broken pipes and old tyres etc. During the rains the possibility of accumulation of water becomes high.
The outbreak of vector-borne diseases such as dengue and chikungunya, which have taken a toll on people's health over the past two years, happens around the monsoon.
Statistics show that till April 15, 2017, 79 chikungunya cases have been reported while 27 cases of dengue were reported. The year 2015 saw a massive outbreak of dengue with around 15,867 cases reported while 2016 saw 4,413 dengue cases, a massive spread of chikungunya affecting 7,760 people was reported.
Before this the big outbreak of dengue was in 2009 before the Commonwealth Games 2010 with massive building activity when an estimated 6,000 dengue cases were reported from across the city.
Earlier this year, government had ordered inspection of construction sites and residential areas to check mosquito-breeding. Following this, the Public Works Department directed its engineers to visit construction sites under their jurisdiction and identify ones with stagnant water.
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- Coolers and tankers used to store water make construction sites an ideal breeding ground for dengue.
- During the rains, the possibility of accumulation of water becomes higher and cases of dengue and chikungunya go up
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