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“Water scarcity is one of the key reasons for the steep rise in dengue cases this year. The main reason being rapid urbanization of small towns in rural Maharashtra,” NIV director Devendra Mourya had said in an earlier interview. Even the rural parts of Pune, Nanded and Wardha were hit hard by the disease.In the state’s municipal corporation areas, besides Kolhapur, Greater Mumbai recorded maximum cases, followed by Nashik , Pune and Solapur. We have started to observe ‘mosquito breeding destruction day’ on every Thursday.”Kolhapur Municipal Corporation’s health officer Dilip Patil said, “The participation of the citizens is important. We acted on several builders and societies for facilitating mosquito breeding on their premises..