Summary:
Officials said the areas covered, included Sector 45, Sector 44, Sector 35, Dadumajra, Sector 38, Sector 37. The department of community medicine, PGIMER, on Friday launched an anti-dengue drive in Sector 25 to identify breeding sites in the area. A statement issued by the PGI said 850 houses and jhuggis were checked during the drive. Meanwhile, the UT health department on Friday conducted an anti-dengue and awareness drive in areas under the jurisdiction of SDM (E) and SDM (S). Officials said in view of increasing dengue cases in the city, the public health dispensary run by the department of community medicine, started the drive to identify the breeding sites of larvae of Aedes mosquitoes..