Laying the blame on the civic bodies for the rise in chikungunya and dengue cases, Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain on Tuesday said that the vector-borne diseases are spreading fast as the BJP-rul
Laying the blame on the civic bodies for the rise in chikungunya and dengue cases, Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain on Tuesday said that the vector-borne diseases are spreading fast as the BJP-ruled municipal bodies have failed to provide fogging and sanitation services.
“It is MCDs’ (municipal corporations’) job to carry out cleaning and fogging, which they are not doing at all,” Mr Jain said.
Instead of doing their work and preventing mosquitoes from breeding, the “BJP-ruled MCDs” only “indulge in politics”, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader said. The people of Delhi should start questioning the MCDs for not doing their job.”
He said hospitals run by the Delhi government were fully prepared to tackle the mosquito menace. “We have 10,000 beds and the number of fever clinics has been increased from 55 last year to 355. People should not fear. The Delhi government is ready to tackle the menace,” he said adding that people should take precaution to avoid the disease and prevent the breeding of mosquitoes in their premises.
