Dimapur, October 13 (MExN): The Dimapur public have been requested to collect free Larvivorous Fish (Guppy Fish) from the departmental hatchery (CMO office) on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10:00 am to 12:00 noon and seed in their surrounding drainage, which will help control and minimize mosquito breeding.
Informing this in a press release, Kikolul Khieya, Assistant Director, UVBDS said that the Urban Vector Borne Disease Scheme (UVBDS) under Chief Medical Officer’s (CMO) office in Dimapur has been continuing its routine steps to control outbreak of epidemic diseases (dengue, malaria, Japanese Encephalitis, Chikengunya etc by spraying larvicidal insecticides (Temephos 50%) in flooded water logged areas and stagnant water and also doing technical malathion fogging in Dimapur urban area. Also public and council are requetsed to extend their co-operation to the UVBDS staff.
