AHMEDABAD: To curb the growing number of cases of vector borne diseases in the city, the health department of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) checked 2,46,313 homes on Friday and Saturday. Teams from the AMC’s seven zones found 22,106 mosquito breeding sites in these homes.
The most breeding sites were found in the East Zone, where 17,627 such sites were found from a total of 50,470 houses checked. The second highest number of breeding sites, 1,789, was found in the West Zone followed by 1,017 in the South Zone.
“We found breeding sites in flowerpots, overhead and underground water tanks, elevator pits and in scrap lying on terraces and in backyards, basements and even in refrigerator trays,” the official said.
