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KDMC Launches Wide-Ranging Dengue Control Measures Following First Fatality

This initiative marks an urgent response to monsoon-driven dengue cases that have climbed sharply in metropolitan Maharashtra.

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Overview

  • KDMC has activated dengue treatment services across six hospitals and 26 urban health centers with support from NGOs and student volunteers.
  • Municipal authorities issued notices to construction sites and housing societies to eliminate stagnant water in pots, tyres and tanks that serve as breeding grounds.
  • Sanitation inspectors are conducting intensified fumigation, oiling, spraying and fogging operations at closed construction sites after recent mosquito hotspot identifications.
  • Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation organized 286 health camps that engaged over 112,000 residents and collected 6,666 blood samples to screen for dengue and malaria.
  • Nashik Municipal Corporation has stepped up area inspections and fogging drives to curb rising mosquito-borne infections under peak monsoon conditions.