Jagatpur industrial area new dengue zone

Cuttack/Bhubaneswar: Despite tall claims by the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) of taking measures to contain the spread of dengue, there is no let-up in the alarming situation. Dengue cases continue to surface from Jagatpur industrial estate and other parts of Cuttack.


While in Barbil which reported the maximum cases, the disease seems to be on the wane, Jagatpur has emerged as the new grey area in the fight against the disease spread by mosquito.

On Monday, Cuttack district reported total 35 new cases of dengue. Of them 17 were from Jagatpur. With this the total number of dengue-affected persons in Cuttack climbed to 228. Across the state, total 106 persons tested positive for dengue on Monday, including 41 from Keonjhar district, taking the total to 1,476 from 1,370 on Sunday.

Though the government had appealed to the industries in Jagatpur to clean their premises, the response is very poor. On Monday, the CMC issued show-cause notices to four industries for not complying with its order of cleaning their premises.

Kailash Das, director public health, said efforts are on to contain the disease. However, unless waterlogging is avoided, chances of breeding of aedes mosquito that spreads dengue will continue to increase.