The Hindu 18.08.2014
Civic body fines ‘VIP offenders’ for failing to check mosquito breeding
Neither school principals nor public works engineers
have been spared by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) in its
drive to prevent breeding of mosquitoes. The civic body has fined 45
such “VIP” offenders for failing to clean their premises of potential
breeding spots for mosquitoes. The list includes six principals and two
banks.
“The fines can be up to Rs.7000 depending on
the extent of breeding. We did this to send out the message of zero
tolerance against vector-borne diseases. Citizens visit these places and
breeding there can cause an epidemic,” NDMC standing committee chairman
MP Bhardwaj told
The Hindu
.
We did this to send out the message of zero tolerance against vector-borne diseases
