KOLKATA: After remaining dormant in several months, dengue has reared its head to threaten residents in some of the city’s pockets. The Kolkata Municipal Corporation health department officials on Thursday held marathon meetings to locate the pockets of danger where the number of dengue cases is increasing. The KMC officials also got in touch with the state health department officials and sought their help in combating the dreaded disease after an undergraduate student, a resident of Behala, died of dengue on Wednesday.
According to KMC Board of Administrators member Atin Ghosh overseeing the civic body’s health department, on Thursday, regular cases of dengue were being reported from several areas under borough VII. Some are located adjacent to Park Circus. “We are getting 10-12 cases of dengue from several parts of the city, the majority of which is coming from borough VII,” Ghosh said. But, sources in KMC health department said they were also keeping an eye on Behala, Tollygunge, Jadavpur and places located off EM Bypass as these areas are known as dengue-prone.
Similarly, detecting steady cases of malaria from north and central Kolkata pockets has made a section of officials jittery. According to a KMC official, the civic body was taking special measures to combat malaria in large areas of Girish Park, Narkeldanga, Burrabazar, College Street, Amherst Street, Rajabazar, Taltala, Ripon Street, Park Circus among other areas.
