Will take various steps, students to be involved: CM on dengue control
Amid a spurt in dengue cases in the national capital, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said a plan has been devised to combat the vector-borne disease.
In coming days, several steps will be taken and school students will be involved in a big way in the efforts made to check the spread of dengue, he said.
The chief minister said this after holding a meeting with senior officials of the health department, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) and other departments.
Delhi has registered a huge spurt in dengue cases in the last couple of weeks, raising the tally of the vector-borne disease to nearly 400 till September 17 this year.
Over 100 people were diagnosed with the infection in the period from September 9-17.
According to a civic body report released on Monday, 152 dengue cases have been reported in this month alone till September 17.
After the meeting, Kejriwal tweeted in Hindi, "The rainy season spell has lasted longer this ti