Statesman News Service MALDA, Feb. 9. — The Malda district administration will soon launch a programme to counter the menace of mosquitoes in Malda, officials informed today. Reportedly, the Malda CMOH met the district magistrate and discussed the problem of mosquito menace in detail today. Moreover, the chief medical officer had a meeting with the civic body chief yesterday and requested to continue spraying the mosquito killing chemical in different blocks of the district. “We have planned to take up this mosquito eradication programme because its breeding time is about to arrive”, said Dr GC Sarkar, the CMOH Malda. “Mosquitoes in Malda have a great resistance power over chemical sprays and other mosquito killing agents. As such, it is difficult to kill them,” Mr Sarkar added. Over 45 persons died owing to viral encephalitis and dengue in the Malda District Hospital last year. The mosquito menace was high due to the lack of proper vector control programmes in the district and other measures to fight the menacing mosquitoes.
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