Special drive at AIIMS complex to check dengue

NEW DELHI: Taking note of dengue and other vector-borne diseases reported in the past at AIIMS complex, New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) carried out a special drive on Friday at hostel complex 1-13.

The drive included cleaning, spraying anti-larval sprays, checking tanks and leakages in pipeline or water tanks and removing shrubs. A similar drive also started in the neighbouring East Kidwai Nagar, said an official.

NDMC vice-chairman Satish Upadhyay, who launched the drive, said the civic body had been regularly conducting anti-larva checking drive, in which teams visited houses, public areas and offices.