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DJB Orders Joint Drive to Control Dengue Spread
The Morning Standard
|July 19, 2025
As Delhi enters the peak monsoon period, the Delhi Jal Board has directed its estate managers to launch a citywide sanitation and anti-mosquito drive to curb the spread of vector-borne diseases.
The move comes after CM Rekha Gupta raised concern over an early spike in dengue cases during a recent high-level meeting.
This story is from the July 19, 2025 edition of The Morning Standard.
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