India, Jan. 30 -- The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) will soon have four more fogging machines to tackle the mosquito menace in the Capital city. This decision was taken at a recent high-level meeting held to address the increasing mosquito population in Bhubaneswar.

Following the meeting, Odisha Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Krushna Chandra Mohapatra said that the mosquito population in the Capital city has increased by many folds and it needs stronger control measures.

"As fogging is currently conducted only in the evening and it takes 2-3 hours to complete a ward, the existing resources are insufficient. To address this, we have decided to procure four additional fogging machines," said the Urban Development Mi...