Night shelters, jhuggis in South Delhi to be fogged

NEW DELHI: The South Delhi Municipal Corporation identified 200 spots that don’t fall under residential or institution areas and weren’t listed for fogging. It will

NEW DELHI: The South Delhi Municipal Corporation identified 200 spots that don’t fall under residential or institution areas and weren’t listed for fogging. It will intensify fogging and spraying in these areas.

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The list includes night shelters, slums near railway tracks and areas below the flyovers across south Delhi, mostly inhabited by migrants.

“We will cover these places every week. We have already covered 64 spots in the central zone. Rest of the spots in south (50), west (50) and Najafgarh zone (36) will be covered soon,” said a senior south corporation official.

Spots covered in the cental zone include areas under the flyovers in Okhla, Jamia Nagar, Nehru Place, Sarai KaleKhan and Sewa Nagar. The south corporation also arranged for fogging in slums near the Nizamuddin railway station.

Earlier, the SDMC constituted a team of senior officials to inspect vacant plots and construction sites for mosquito breeding.

Meanwhile, north corporation commissioner, PK Gupta, issued a circular to all heads of departments, demanding strict compliance.

During a meeting on September 17, he instructed officials to focus on the regular cleaning of garbage dump yards.

“The garbage collected should be restricted to the compounds. It will not be allowed to litter around it. And if private concessionaire fails to lift the garbage and keep dhalaos clean, the north DMC will do it at their cost,” he said.

He directed the department of environment management services officials to arrange for lifting of garbage twice a day from dump yards.

Deputy commissioners were asked to oversee the work of the department concerned.

According to a north corporation official, water logging near these dump yards appear to be the reason for mosquito breeding.