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VMC presses panic trigger after dengue cases in city
TNN 29 July 2009, 10:44pm IST
VADODARA: Three cases of dengue and one suspected death because of the disease have sent alarm bells ringing through the Vadodara Municipal
Corporation (VMC). The cases came to light in quick succession within a month's time in various parts of the city.
When the first case was reported about 20 days ago along with complaints of mosquito menace around the city, the VMC had already issued strict instructions to the filaria department that is responsible for control of mosquitoes. The recent dengue cases were reported after the department was asked to pull up its socks by the top brass of the civic body.
While the death of a girl at Tandalja area of the city is yet to be confirmed as a dengue death, the laboratory tests of three other cases by the doctors who treated the patients have confirmed them to be afflicted with dengue. Alarmed by the cases and the ever increasing population of mosquitoes in the city, the civic body has started a major sanitation drive in the affected areas and is taking precautionary measures.
VMC officials described these as stray case of dengue in the city. "It cannot be called an epidemic," said an official.
The opposition Congress has blamed the administration for the state of affairs. "The administration makes tall claims everyday regarding the steps it has taken to ensure that there is no disease outbreak. However, this does not seem to be the ground reality. Water has stagnated in several areas and has become a breeding ground for mosquitoes," said opposition leader Chirag Zaveri.
Zaveri also alleged that drainage water in several parts of the city was being released into storm water drains. He claimed that this along with stagnated water in storm water drains have led to an increase in the cases of diseases like malaria.
The opposition has also raised the issue of supply of dirty water by the civic body at several places. The next general board meeting of the civic body is likely to be dominated by these issues.
VMC presses panic trigger after dengue cases in city
TNN 29 July 2009, 10:44pm IST
VADODARA: Three cases of dengue and one suspected death because of the disease have sent alarm bells ringing through the Vadodara Municipal
Corporation (VMC). The cases came to light in quick succession within a month's time in various parts of the city.
When the first case was reported about 20 days ago along with complaints of mosquito menace around the city, the VMC had already issued strict instructions to the filaria department that is responsible for control of mosquitoes. The recent dengue cases were reported after the department was asked to pull up its socks by the top brass of the civic body.
While the death of a girl at Tandalja area of the city is yet to be confirmed as a dengue death, the laboratory tests of three other cases by the doctors who treated the patients have confirmed them to be afflicted with dengue. Alarmed by the cases and the ever increasing population of mosquitoes in the city, the civic body has started a major sanitation drive in the affected areas and is taking precautionary measures.
VMC officials described these as stray case of dengue in the city. "It cannot be called an epidemic," said an official.
The opposition Congress has blamed the administration for the state of affairs. "The administration makes tall claims everyday regarding the steps it has taken to ensure that there is no disease outbreak. However, this does not seem to be the ground reality. Water has stagnated in several areas and has become a breeding ground for mosquitoes," said opposition leader Chirag Zaveri.
Zaveri also alleged that drainage water in several parts of the city was being released into storm water drains. He claimed that this along with stagnated water in storm water drains have led to an increase in the cases of diseases like malaria.
The opposition has also raised the issue of supply of dirty water by the civic body at several places. The next general board meeting of the civic body is likely to be dominated by these issues.
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