Help sought from Army to prevent breeding of mosquitoes at CWG site

Amid concerns over the dengue outbreak in the capital ahead of Commonwealth Games, civic authorities have sought the help of army engineering personnel to prevent mosquito breeding near the athletes' village.

The Games Village is surrounded by pools of water from three sides, making it quite conducive for breeding of mosquitoes and the MCD staff are finding it difficult to tackle the situation, officials said.
The cases of the vector-borne disease has crossed 1500 in the capital this season and the civic bodies are blaming incessant rains and stagnation of water at Games construction sites for the rapid increase in cases of dengue.
Over 20 participating nations has sought information from the Games Organising Committee about the dengue outbreak in the city and steps being taken to combat it before the mega sporting event in early October.