Two temples among new dengue dens in Lucknow

LUCKNOW: Two prominent temples in the city were among 73 locations where health department officials found Aedes aegypti-a dengue vector-breeding on Friday. Four more dengue patients were reported on Friday, taking city's tally to 71 since July this year.
The new patients are all males and are residents of Chowk, Banglabazar, Malihabad, and Daliganj.
During its Friday inspection, health department officials covered 1,091 spots.
The temples where mosquito larvae were found breeding were the Bandi Mata temple in Daliganj and the Bhuiyan Devi temple on Sitapur Road.
The other locations where larvae were found were residential buildings in areas like Hazratganj, Gomtinagar, Daliganj and Ruchi Khand.
The larvae were found in discarded utensils, water tanks and flowerpots.