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New Delhi: With the number of dengue cases rising, East Delhi Municipal Corporation has decided to use drone technology to fumigate areas that are difficult to reach manually.
“We have given approval to the project for conducting insecticide spray with the help of a drone in those areas where it is very difficult for our workers to reach. If this turns out to be successful, we will expand the coverage area,” said EDMC commissioner Vikas Anand.
The east corporation has reported 183 dengue cases in last week and a total of 518 cases this year so far.
Locations along the Yamuna Khadar are likely to be fumigated by the drone. “A stretch of three kilometres has been identified to carry out the spraying of insecticide. There are several areas in east Delhi where it is very difficult to fumigate, as they have dense forest, thorny bushes and the soil is also mushy. Many times our fumigation vehicles get stuck in the mud. Through this technological help, we hope to fumigate such locations,” said Ajay Handa, additional medical health officer, EDMC.
The stretch has been specifically chosen where there are no houses. A company based in Gurgaon has been hired by the corporation to conduct the spraying of insecticide. The concept is based on the spray mechanism that is done when covering a large open field during locust attack on crops, said Handa further. The first run will be conducted on November 17.
Meanwhile, the corporation has identified several vulnerable and affected areas and is paying special attention to them. In these hotspots, the civic body sends a team of domestic breeding checkers and field workers to kill the infected mosquito and create awareness among the residents.
The civic body has so far sprayed insecticides outside 6,75,459 houses. It has found 32,220 houses with mosquitogenic conditions and launched prosecutions in 6,271 cases.
“We have given approval to the project for conducting insecticide spray with the help of a drone in those areas where it is very difficult for our workers to reach. If this turns out to be successful, we will expand the coverage area,” said EDMC commissioner Vikas Anand.
The east corporation has reported 183 dengue cases in last week and a total of 518 cases this year so far.
Locations along the Yamuna Khadar are likely to be fumigated by the drone. “A stretch of three kilometres has been identified to carry out the spraying of insecticide. There are several areas in east Delhi where it is very difficult to fumigate, as they have dense forest, thorny bushes and the soil is also mushy. Many times our fumigation vehicles get stuck in the mud. Through this technological help, we hope to fumigate such locations,” said Ajay Handa, additional medical health officer, EDMC.
The stretch has been specifically chosen where there are no houses. A company based in Gurgaon has been hired by the corporation to conduct the spraying of insecticide. The concept is based on the spray mechanism that is done when covering a large open field during locust attack on crops, said Handa further. The first run will be conducted on November 17.
Meanwhile, the corporation has identified several vulnerable and affected areas and is paying special attention to them. In these hotspots, the civic body sends a team of domestic breeding checkers and field workers to kill the infected mosquito and create awareness among the residents.
The civic body has so far sprayed insecticides outside 6,75,459 houses. It has found 32,220 houses with mosquitogenic conditions and launched prosecutions in 6,271 cases.
