Inderjeet Sehrawat, leader of the house in SDMC, said that the delayed monsoon and slow arrival of winter has led to increase in the dengue cases this year. With the drop in temperature, we are likely see a further decrease in dengue cases but people need to be extra vigilant for these two weeks,” official said. It prefers to lay eggs in clean water and has adapted to breed among human dwellings. Aedes aegypti is a mosquito that can spread dengue fever, chikungunya and yellow fever.
There is also carelessness among the residents leading to breeding in such decorative items such as flower pots and fountains. “Households using containers for water storage have maximum breeding sites. The analysis, conducted by SDMC’s anti-malaria operations headquarter and the public health department and based on mosquito breeding site data from 32 hot spot wards, chalks out the current distribution of mosquito breeding sites and its variation.Īccording to it, 58.5% aedes aegypti larvae were found in water storage units, such as drums, buckets, jerry cans etc 30.2% in peri-domestic units, like money plant vases, flower pots, water feeders for birds etc and smaller contributions from overhead tanks (5.4%), desert coolers (3.8%) and sumps (2.1%).Ī senior SDMC public health official said that the top category of breeding sites shows an overlap of vulnerable spots in areas lacking basic infrastructure. As Delhi faces a sharp spike in dengue cases this year, an analysis by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has found that water storage units and peridomestic containers constitute the biggest share of mosquito breeding spots in the city.
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