Photo Story: MCD steps up anti-dengue fumigation drive in Delhi NCR
Delhi NCR recorded more than 3,000 cases of dengue in 2023 and one fatality, per the Municipal Corporation of Delhi
By NH Digital
Municipal workers have stepped up the fumigation drive due to the growing menace of dengue in Mandawali, New Delhi (photo: Vipin/National Herald) (photo: Vipin/National Herald)
A woman standing on her covers her nose and mouth as the fumes rise from the streets (photo: Vipin/National Herald)A man stands in the middle of heavy smoke. It's a small price, with Delhi NCR having crossed 3,000 cases of dengue cases this year (photo: Vipin/National Herald)A worker carries anti-mosquito fogging equipment on his bicycle through the colony, while children play and study in the streets. (photo: Vipin/National Herald)Another worker targets dark and enclosed spaces, like the ground floors of these houses, that see little sunlight even at midday (photo: Vipin/National herald)A women makes her way through the fumes (photo: Vipin/National Herald)A group of kids pause their play in the middle of the fumigation drive as visibility drops. The flooding this monsoon has upped their health risk from mosquitoes (photo: Vipin/National Herald)Locals look on with some covering their faces with their garments, others masking up (photo: Vipin/National Herald)
