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Civic bodies cancel leave of health department employees

In the wake of an outbreak of dengue and chikungunya, all the three municipal corporations have cancelled the leave of employees and officials of its health department.

In the wake of an outbreak of dengue and chikungunya, all the three municipal corporations have cancelled the leave of employees and officials of its health department.

The senior leaders of the three civic bodies on Tuesday strongly refuted the allegation about the corporation’s failure in fogging during the season. The Leader of the House in the SDMC, Subhash Arya, along with senior elected office bearers of the two corporations described the allegation as baseless and fully untrue.

“Till September 10, fogging and fumigation was done in 15,09,238 houses whereas breeding was found 2,93,36,318 times. Breeding and mosquitogenic conditions were detected in 1,21,524 houses. Legal notices were issued in 95, 240 cases whereas prosecution was launched in about 10,508 cases,” said Mr Arya.

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