Rashtrapati Bhavan abuzz with mosquitoes

The sprawling President's Estate has been found to be breeding mosquitoes at many accumulated pools of stagnant water – with 52 notices slapped on Rashtrapati Bhavan by the New Delhi Municipal Council

New Delhi: The sprawling President's Estate has been found to be breeding mosquitoes at many accumulated pools of stagnant water – with 52 notices slapped on Rashtrapati Bhavan by the New Delhi Municipal Council.

The NDMC has slapped 52 notices on the President’s home after mosquito larvae were found at many places  in the estate Pic/AFP

The notices were issued to Rashtrapati Bhavan since January by NDMC after mosquito larvae were found at many places dotting the 320-acre estate. With the capital reporting many dengue cases, the NDMC has decided to control the mosquito menace, including in the President's Estate.

"We have issued 52 notices to various complexes and residential quarters in the Presidential Estate. We had formed teams to inspect the Rashtrapati Bhavan premises, which then spotted mosquitogenic conditions," a senior NDMC official said.

The teams included members from the sanitation and horticulture units at Rashtrapati Bhavan, and the civil engineering unit under the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) and personnel of the malaria unit of the NDMC health department.

Last year, NDMC had issued over 125 notices to the President's Estate after "heavy" mosquito-breeding was found at various places on its sprawling campus.

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