India, July 4 -- The Union Ministry has directed municipal corporations across the country-including the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC)-to strengthen surveillance and intensify measures for mosquito control to check dengue and chikungunya cases.

An inter-ministerial review meeting was held on July 1 and officials from 17 major municipal corporations across nine states participated in the meeting via video conferencing.

Dr Rajesh Dighe, assistant health officer, PMC, and head of vector-borne diseases control programme, who was present during the meeting, informed that vector-borne disease prevention and management activities have been initiated from May.

"As many as 71,368 mosquito breeding spots have been identified in the city, whic...