Storm water in many parts of the city have become an excellent breeding ground for mosquitoes. Despite this, the health department of
Nagpur Municipal Corporation has failed to take any preventive measure, alleged residents. Due to unclean surroundings and failure of zero garbage programme, the entire city has become a breeding ground for mosquitoes, they said.
A case in point is Laxmi Nagar, Bonde Layout which comes under Mangalwari zone where storm water accumulated in open plots since beginning of monsoon this year. With no action from the health department (NMC), the place has become an ideal ground for breeding mosquitos, said Sonal Thakur, a resident.
Concerned over the large number of viral fevers and a few suspected cases of swine flu being reported from the city, citizens have been urging the civic administration to take steps on a war-footing to implement some short-term schemes to curb the mosquito menace.
Santosh Chauriya, a grocery shop owner said that due to storm water, the mosquito menace in the area has increased manifold. Though the health department claimed to have carried out spraying, residents of Bonde Layout have not seen anyone. "Almost all nook and corners of the city are proving to be perfect breeding grounds for mosquitoes," claimed the residents. Last year, the NMC had taken up fogging and even also used phenyl spray in the city to get rid of mosquitoes, but this year no health officials were seen spraying. Residents further demanded spraying of a large quantity of disinfectants in the area. Repeated representations had not produced anything tangible, they said.
Meanwhile, health officials said that lack of civic sense on the part of the local people was the main reason for many areas becoming a health hazard.
They regretted that, notwithstanding repeated warnings, residents were dumping garbage into the nullahs and open areas.
The health officials also pointed out that the owners of open lands have been directed to take preventive measures so that rain water could not accumulate in one place.
Nagpur Municipal Corporation has failed to take any preventive measure, alleged residents. Due to unclean surroundings and failure of zero garbage programme, the entire city has become a breeding ground for mosquitoes, they said.
A case in point is Laxmi Nagar, Bonde Layout which comes under Mangalwari zone where storm water accumulated in open plots since beginning of monsoon this year. With no action from the health department (NMC), the place has become an ideal ground for breeding mosquitos, said Sonal Thakur, a resident.
Concerned over the large number of viral fevers and a few suspected cases of swine flu being reported from the city, citizens have been urging the civic administration to take steps on a war-footing to implement some short-term schemes to curb the mosquito menace.
Santosh Chauriya, a grocery shop owner said that due to storm water, the mosquito menace in the area has increased manifold. Though the health department claimed to have carried out spraying, residents of Bonde Layout have not seen anyone. "Almost all nook and corners of the city are proving to be perfect breeding grounds for mosquitoes," claimed the residents. Last year, the NMC had taken up fogging and even also used phenyl spray in the city to get rid of mosquitoes, but this year no health officials were seen spraying. Residents further demanded spraying of a large quantity of disinfectants in the area. Repeated representations had not produced anything tangible, they said.
Meanwhile, health officials said that lack of civic sense on the part of the local people was the main reason for many areas becoming a health hazard.
They regretted that, notwithstanding repeated warnings, residents were dumping garbage into the nullahs and open areas.
The health officials also pointed out that the owners of open lands have been directed to take preventive measures so that rain water could not accumulate in one place.