Jaipur: Sting operation intensified to check dengue cases in Mansarovar | Jaipur News

Officials said dengue is preventable as the Aedes mosquito does not breed in polluted water and drains but in clean water. (Representative image)

JAIPUR: Anti-larvae activities in Mansarovar, which is the worst-affected dengue area in urban Jaipur because of a large number of breeding spots, has been intensified. Teams conducting surveys in houses have found dengue larvae in vases, plates placed under flower pots and tanks.
Officials said dengue is preventable as the Aedes mosquito does not breed in polluted water and drains but in clean water. It takes 7-8 days for the eggs to become a mosquito.
The health department is conducting door-to-door surveys in the houses. The surveys will be intensified as the health department is roping nursing students for conducting surveys in the area. Officials are also appealing to people to conduct anti-larvae activities in their houses as an adult Aedes mosquito can fly 300 metres and the only option for preventing dengue is to stop breeding.
Even Jaipur Municipal Corporation teams are conducting fogging in several areas to kill mosquitoes. Amid rising cases of dengue in Mansarovar, residents of the area are reaching clinics and diagnostic centres for diagnosis. Health department teams are also reaching houses in the areas to make people aware on preventing dengue.
“Breeding ground for Aedes mosquito is clean water in houses. If we do not allow breeding of Aedes in our houses, we will be able to prevent dengue transmission. It is quite simple. We have to remove water from utensils, buckets, flower vases and pots. We need to dry them once a weekand refill it again. This is how we can prevent breeding in our houses,” said Dr Hansraj Bhadaliya, chief medical health officer (Jaipur-II).
Dr Bhadaliya said an Aedes mosquito cannot transmit dengue until it bites an infected dengue patient. For transmitting dengue, Aedes mosquito first bites a dengue patient and then it bites a healthy person.