As India embarks on its biggest urban expansion yet, dengue prevention at construction sites must become an urgent priority in the years ahead.

Mosquitoes that transmit the dengue virus are generally found in uncovered water storage barrels, flower pot plates and terraces. The PMC has also found that larvae of the Aedes agypti mosquitoes in some elevator ducts, lotus ponds, defrost trays in refrigerators, money plants and parking lots.
The civic administration has been carrying out surveys and officials have filed cases against owners of properties where dengue mosquitoes have been found.
Cases were filed against 2,600 people and the department collected Rs 1.6 lakh fine from them. Since January, around 758 dengue patients were found in the city.
Source-Medindia