Hyderabad, July 22 -- The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) on Thursday said that is almost on its way to achieve one of its main objectives of making the city a malaria-free place.

According to GHMC officials, malaria cases have dropped considerably over the years and this year have just gotone suspected case reported so far.

Since the last three years, the cases went from 190 cases in 2018, the city saw a gradual decrease in numbers with 81 cases recorded in 2019 and then dropped to only three cases in 2020.

"The GHMC, which attributes drop in cases to its intensified anti-larval operations, fogging and other spraying activities, is hoping to make the State capital a malaria-free city in the coming years," said one of th...