Turning a blind eye to mosquito breeding or malaria reportage may now attract heavy penalties and jail time in Mumbai. BMC’s public health machinery has drafted an aggressive plan to achieve the 2030 deadline for malaria eradication. As a part of it, all hospitals and doctors will not only preserve the testing samples but also report each malaria patient or face legal action. 

Even corporate establishments or residential colonies, found with mosquito breeding grounds, will be given 24 hours time to submit an action plan and implement the same. The government resolution regarding the same was issued at the end of December, however, it could not be implemented then as the notification could not reach BMC officials due to the Covid-19 third wave, an official said.