Much ahead of the dengue season, mosquitoes were found breeding at over 90 prominent buildings in NDMC areas including RML Hospital and offices of environment and telecommunication ministries following which the civic body has served notices to them.
Gearing up for the summer season which is conducive to mosquito-breeding, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has formed a surveillance team which is inspecting all buildings falling under its area.
RML Hospital, Paryavaran Bhawan, Meghdoot Bhawan, Sanchar Bhawan, Baroda House, Kashmir House, Shivaji Stadium have been served notices by the NDMC after vector-carrying mosquitoes were found breeding in their premises.
“Our inspection team has already started field visits and surveillance work. A total of 96 notices have been issued so far in the ongoing first phase. The team is reviewing the mosquitogenic conditions and offices are being asked to take preventive measures,” NDMCs Chief Medical Officer R N Singh said.
“We have also started various training programmes for spreading awareness about the disease. In the first phase, sanitation workers have been given training, while in the next phases NDMC school teachers and executive engineers will be trained,” he said.
Last year, NDMC had issued over 125 notices to the Presidents Estate after “heavy” mosquito-breeding was found at various places on its sprawling campus. However, the officials say the situation has improved this year.
“After repeated notices were sent to Rashtrapati Bhawan, a four-member team was formed to work closely for taking precautionary and control measures, and the situation has largely improved. No breeding has been detected so far,” Singh said.
Last year, with over 15,500 cases till mid-November, the dengue outbreak was reported to be worst in the city since 1996, when 10,252 cases and 423 deaths were reported.
While 38 deaths due to the deadly disease were officially reported last year, the unofficial figure stood at 43.
The council staff inspects all buildings in NDMC areas every year to check mosquito-breeding. Notices are issued in the first phase and the defaulters are asked to reply within a weeks time about the measures taken by them. However, if in the second phase breeding is still found in their premises, NDMC issues challans to such violators. PTI

Six persons were killed and 24 others injured, three of them seriously, in separate road accidents here, police said.

Three persons were killed in a collision between a van and truck at Bharol road under Shikohabad police station area today, police said.

The deceased have been identified as Amit (22), Mahesh Chand (35) and Shiv Devi (50), they said.

In another incident, Nitin (30) was killed and 24 were injured when the bus in which they were travelling overturned in the wee hours on Biltighar crossing under Makhanpur police station area, they said.

The injured were admitted to a hospital where the condition of three of them was stated to be serious, police said.

In Mohamadabad under Tundla police station area, Nand Kishore (60) was killed when his motorcycle was hit from behind by an unidentified vehicle this morning, police said.

Dalvir (42) was killed when his motorcycle was hit by a tempo in Nasirpur police station area, police said.PTI

A local court has rejected the discharge application filed by Saquib Nachan, who was recently convicted in the 2003 Mulund train blasts case, in connection with an attempt to murder case against him and others.

Saquib’s son Shamil Saquib Nachan, who was also arrested in the same case, too filed an application for discharge which was rejected by the court.

Thane Additional Sessions Judge A S Bhaisare clubbed the four applications filed by the father-son duo in connection with the cases against them and disposed them in a single order last week.

Saquib, from Padga in Thane, was arrested in connection with attempt on the life of advocate Manoj Raicha, an office-bearer of Bajrang Dal, on August 3, 2012. He was charged under sections 307, 120(B) of IPC and sections 3, 25, 27 of the Arms Act in connection with the case.

In his application in the Thane court, which is trying him, Nachan said that the crime branch had created fabricated false evidence against him and the matter needed to be probed by CBI.

However, the police stated that they had seized certain books, CDs, and computer from the arrested accused which had provocative content.

In his order, the judge stated that the theory of prosecution at this stage cannot be said to be false or fabricated.

“Having considered the facts and circumstances of the matter, in my view, there is no substance in the applications and they all are liable to be rejected,” the judge noted in his order.

Saquib was earlier also arrested in 2002 in connection with the murder of VHP leader Lalit Jain at Bhiwandi in the district. However, he was acquitted in the case in 2006 for want of evidence.RNI