Colleges, fire station among 35 new vector dens in Lucknow

LUCKNOW: Two reputable colleges and a fire station were among 35 places in the city found to be breeding the larvae of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, a carrier of the dengue virus, on Thursday.
Five more persons, including a three-year-old boy, also tested positive for the disease, taking the dengue case count to 67 since July and 115 since January. The new patients are from Khadra, Banglabazar, Ruchi Khand, Indiranagar and Sarojininagar.They are all out of danger.
The health department's surprise inspection covered 1,088 spots in 11 areas and found the larvae at Christ Church College in Hazratganj, Kalicharan Degree College in Thakurganj, Chowk fire station and 32 houses.
In the colleges and fire station, water accumulated in desert coolers was serving as the breeding ground. In residential buildings in Rajajipuram, Haidarganj, Chowk, New Haidarganj, Cantt Road and Lalkuan, the larvae were found in discarded utensils, water tanks, and flowerpots.
ACMO DK Bajpai said they were conducting door-to-door campaigns and programmes on academic campuses to "generate mass awareness".