Ludhiana administration fails to conduct fogging in areas outside Municipal Corporation limits

Harshraj Singh

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, September 12

Though dengue cases are increasing in the district, there are many colonies (approved and unapproved) and villages outside the Municipal Corporation limits wherein the government has not yet made any arrangement to conduct fogging for the prevention of dengue and other vector-borne diseases this year too.

Residents of such areas outside the MC’s jurisdiction and villages have been demanding from the government to ensure timely fogging but nothing has been done. Even there is no proper check on breeding of mosquitoes in accumulated water in many of the areas outside the city.

Jaswinder Singh, a resident of Basant City on Pakhowal Road, said: “No department conducts any fogging drive in our area. We have been demanding that fogging should be conducted here timely but to no avail.”

Jaswinder, who is a former superintending engineer of the Department of Punjab Water Supply and Sanitation, said: “If fogging can be conducted in city areas, why not outside the city? Dengue cases were reported from outside city areas too. There is a dire need to take steps to conduct fogging in all areas for the prevention of dengue, chikungunya and other vector-borne diseases.”

Lakhvir Singh, a resident of Baddowal village, said: “A number of dengue cases has been reported from the village in the past. Chances of fresh cases can’t be ignored too as no fogging or other steps are being taken for the prevention of the disease. We had raised the demand last year too but steps have not been taken in this regard by any government department. Also, there is no arrangement of fogging in many other villages of the district.”

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