Dengue time - Mosquito breeding checkers of Delhi on strike
IN a bad news for Delhiites, more than 3,500 mosquito breeding checkers (MBCs) of the three municipal corporations in the Capital have gone on a strike to demand their unpaid dues and enrollment as regular employees. "Preventive measures like fumigation, checking of breeding areas and awareness campaigns have been reduced to a minimum as the majority of the DBCs are on strike. The remaining workforce is unable to cope up with the pressure," an SDMC official told Mail Today.
Sixteen dengue cases have already been reported from areas under the jurisdiction of the South Delhi Municipal Corporation. The MBCs, under contract with the three civic bodies, have alleged that the corporations are yet to settle the pending dues and enroll them as regular employees even after the Lieutenant Governor's directive.
According to a circular issued to the trifurcated MCD from the L-G's office, workers who have been under contract with the corporation for more than 17 years are to be regularized. They are to get a monthly salary of Rs.15,790 as against their contractual payment of Rs.7,350 per month. After the MCD's trifurcation, 1,280, 1,200 and 720 MBCs were assigned to the south, north, and east municipal corporations, respectively "Every time in the last few months, whenever we have approached the corporation to reimburse our pending dues, they have given excuses like shortage of funds and other false promises," an agitating worker said.
According to civic sources, many of the government hospitals are yet to prepare themselves to face the cases of mosquito-borne diseases. Last year, there were more than 5,500 dengue cases reported in Delhi and the National Capital Region. Mail Today had rigorously reported on the chaos that took the capital by storm. According to a recent report issued by the civic bodies, dengue cases have drastically risen in the last three years.
But the civic bodies maintained that the situation was under control. "The preventive measures have been taken and we are on schedule with all the awareness campaigns," a north corporation official said. more
Sixteen dengue cases have already been reported from areas under the jurisdiction of the South Delhi Municipal Corporation. The MBCs, under contract with the three civic bodies, have alleged that the corporations are yet to settle the pending dues and enroll them as regular employees even after the Lieutenant Governor's directive.
According to a circular issued to the trifurcated MCD from the L-G's office, workers who have been under contract with the corporation for more than 17 years are to be regularized. They are to get a monthly salary of Rs.15,790 as against their contractual payment of Rs.7,350 per month. After the MCD's trifurcation, 1,280, 1,200 and 720 MBCs were assigned to the south, north, and east municipal corporations, respectively "Every time in the last few months, whenever we have approached the corporation to reimburse our pending dues, they have given excuses like shortage of funds and other false promises," an agitating worker said.
According to civic sources, many of the government hospitals are yet to prepare themselves to face the cases of mosquito-borne diseases. Last year, there were more than 5,500 dengue cases reported in Delhi and the National Capital Region. Mail Today had rigorously reported on the chaos that took the capital by storm. According to a recent report issued by the civic bodies, dengue cases have drastically risen in the last three years.
But the civic bodies maintained that the situation was under control. "The preventive measures have been taken and we are on schedule with all the awareness campaigns," a north corporation official said. more
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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dr VK AGGARWAL Date: Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 7:27 PM Subject: Re: New post "Dengue time - Mosquito br..." in [Addressing Civic Issues in Delhi/NCR] To: Amit Mishra < www.send_newpost++lktrfdtrbblk++iylkmqqsae@localcirclesmail.com> Primary breeding sites of dengue mosquitoes are not all but some of the drains in colonies.If they are breeding in any part of drain ,one can see some of adult dengue mosquitoes in the morning on persons sitting near the site of breeding eg on security guards,press walas ,morning storess ,morning tea shops,persons sitting in park,waiting rickshaw walas etc etc. With a 15 minnute detective round in morning,one can find out if there is breeding of dengue mosquitoes & if so in which portion of colony.One should ask people if there are mosquitoes biting them in morning .If yes ,they are dengue mosquitoes.Culex & anopheles mosquitoes try to hide in morning but the dngue mosquitoes start biting in morning.They serch for their prey where ever one is.They stay out in shade till it is sunny/brite.They are small ,rapidly moving ,are difficult to catch /kill have white streaks on legs best viewd by keeping a dead mosquitoes on a black paper/cloth/leather & look for white streaks on legs. more
Jul 22
Primary breeding sites of dengue mosquitoes are not all but some of the drains in colonies.If they are breeding in any part of drain ,one can see some of adult dengue mosquitoes in the morning on persons sitting near the site of breeding eg on security guards,press walas ,morning storess ,morning tea shops,persons sitting in park,waiting rickshaw walas etc etc. With a 15 minnute detective round in morning,one can find out if there is breeding of dengue mosquitoes & if so in which portion of colony.One should ask people if there are mosquitoes biting them in morning .If yes ,they are dengue mosquitoes.Culex & anopheles mosquitoes try to hide in morning but the dngue mosquitoes start biting in morning.They serch for their prey where ever one is.They stay out in shade till it is sunny/brite.They are small ,rapidly moving ,are difficult to catch /kill have white streaks on legs best viewd by keeping a dead mosquitoes on a black paper/cloth/leather & look for white streaks on legs. more
Jul 21
