Ludhiana, Aug. 30 -- Health officials on Friday carried out an extensive field drive in rain-affected and flood-affected areas of the city under the 'Har shukarvaar dengue te vaar' campaign. The focus of the activity remained Chander Nagar, adjoining Budha Nallah where assistant civil surgeon Dr Vivek Katria led health teams during house-to-house inspections.

As many as 28 health teams were deputed, covering 18,138 houses across the city. A total of 36,915 containers were checked, out of which larva was detected in 99 houses and 106 containers. These findings were addressed immediately, and the affected areas were sanitised to ensure that breeding sites were eliminated.

Officials thoroughly checked households and water containers for mo...