Via Times of India :
" NEW DELHI: While dengue is showing a downward trend, chikungunya cases are on the rise. Though MCD maintains that so far just 33 cases have been reported in the city, residents of upmarket colonies like Jangpura, Defence Colony, Green Park and Vasant Kunj claim the disease is on the rise and MCD is not taking preventive measures.
''The Barapullah Nullah flows right next to our colony. Though water keeps stagnating, MCD refuses to take concrete steps. We have informed the area health officer and other authorities but to no avail,'' said Monu Chaddha, president, Jangpura. Residents claim that MCD has not being carrying out fogging in these areas after the Games got over.
MCD's health committee chairman, Dr V K Monga, admits that chikungunya cases have been ''under reported''. ''It is a foreign infection. We have never had so many cases of chikungunya in Delhi earlier. Very few hospitals have reported chikungunya cases to us. But after talking to doctors on a regular basis, we can say that the cases are at least 10 times more than last year,'' said Dr Monga."
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