The Times of India 19.08.2010
Stop mosquitoes from breeding, HC tells govt
BANGALORE: A division bench of the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday directed the state and Centre and the BBMP to file a reply with regards the measures they propose to take to combat the dengue fever.
"What will you do? What further steps will you take? How much time do you require? Stop these mosquitoes from breeding,'' the division bench headed by the Chief Justice said before adjourning the hearing by a week. The bench deleted Bangalore Reporters Guild from the array of parties.
The government advocate told the court that the chief minister held an emergency meeting on Tuesday and the government was serious about the issue.
Meanwhile, the BBMP has filed a statement saying 295 dengue cases had been reported between January-August this year. It claimed they held 1,504 health camps, 69,462 people attended the camps and 13,473 patients treated. It said 250 mosquito control gangmen had been deployed. In the coming days, it proposed to use 120 fogging machines, 600 handpumps and deploy 600 mosquito control personnel, the BBMP said.
One Chandrakala Manjunath, a resident of the city who lost her 17-year-old son Yeshwanth Kumar on July 31 to dengue, has filed a PIL seeking directions to the authorities for initiating proper measures to combat it.
