Dengue: Six Dera Bassi villages hit hard

Tribune News Service

Dera Bassi, October 13

The administration has identified six villages — Tasimbali, Humayunpur, Jharmari, Fatehpur Jattan, Kooranwala and Amlala — which have been hit hard by dengue. Health and sanitation committees have been activated in these villages.

Block Development and Panchayat Officer (BDPO) Preneet Kaur said, “Health and sanitation committees have been set up in these villages and made functional. All houses in the six villages were surveyed in collaboration with teams of the Health Department during which dengue larvae were found in 80 houses at Tasimbali village, 25 houses in Humayunpur, 34 houses in Jharmari, 62 houses in Fatehpur Jattan, 38 houses in Kuranwala and 57 houses in Amlala. Fogging has also been done in these villages.”