The state health department and Ranchi Municipal Corporation have started visiting homes to detect larvae breeding spots and prevent outbreak of vector-borne diseases such as dengue, chikungunya and Japanese encephalitis. Handbills were also distributed to create awareness against dengue, symptoms and preventive steps.”The entomologist said last year, they had begun door-to-door inspection of larvae breeding spots but only after outbreak of dengue in Ranchi in August-September. Dengue casesSo far, no dengue or chikungunya cases have been reported in Ranchi. Contacted, Jusco spokesperson Sukanya Das said they had started their dengue control programme in April, which would last till October. She said they had conducted anti-larval measures at over 2,000 abandoned company quarters and searched over 90,000 houses as part of dengue surveillance measures.

Source: The Telegraph July 03, 2019 18:33 UTC