The war accelerated the mosquitoes in the city with the hospital, urged the Government of Ahmedabad, Surat and to intensify efforts to control the growing threat.

The health department has asked municipal corporations to ensure adequate monitoring of individual malaria or dengue cases reported in its health centers. The ministry also wanted to Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) offers a double check of all control measures against mosquitoes at the neighborhood level. This includes fogging, spraying of insecticides, medicines and investigations collection and monitoring of fever cases reported in urban health centers.

“Wherever there are mechanisms to collect data from private hospitals, we asked each of the municipal corporations to ensure that private institutions are in constant contact with health workers involved in the actual evaluation time of mosquito-related illnesses reported in specific areas, “said department senior health.

There were also discussions about whether they needed special help line for some cities and even neighborhoods, in related cases have been reported mosquitoes in large quantities.

In Ahmedabad, a total of 26 540 households were screened for mosquito breeding in the past two days, about 560 households found that recipients of mosquito breeding. “The storage of water in the slums and Chawla are a concern for AMC, and that plays a lot of mosquitoes. We are launching an awareness campaign in most cities in the state,” the official said.

In Ahmedabad and Surat, we asked the nodal officers to conduct “cross-checks” on measures to control mosquitoes. “The government has also decided to create a special line for the public to report the inconsistencies seen in the measures against mosquitoes,” he added.