New Delhi (ANI): Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Monday directed Delhi Chief Secretary and NDMC Chairman to take up proper sanitation and reduce mosquito breeding on war footing to curb rising dengue cases in the capital.
Commissioners and secretaries of NDMC, MCD (Health), GNCTD are taking to social media platforms to ensure proper sanitisation and reduce mosquito breeding on war footing.”

“We also ask you to ensure adequate facilities in dispensaries and hospitals,” he said. I appeal to the public to take all necessary precautionary measures.”
Notably, this year the national capital is going through its worst dengue outbreak since 2015, with over 3,000 cases reported so far.

Dengue cases usually increase in the first two weeks of September and October, and as the temperatures gradually start falling, dengue cases also reduce, as temperatures around 20 degrees Celsius make the environment inhospitable. Is. For the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which causes dengue. But this year, even though the temperature has dropped, the cases are continuously increasing, which is worrying the administration.