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Northern Railway launch ‘Mosquito Terminator’ to spray Insecticide on Railway tracks
Northern Railway launch ‘Mosquito Terminator’ to spray Insecticide on Railway tracks
New Delhi: Stepping up efforts to contain mosquito breeding near the tracks, Northern Railway today launched the ‘Mosquito Terminator’ train from New Delhi station to spray insecticide on water bodies around tracks.
This will be undertaken in collaboration with South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) and North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC).
SDMC has provided a truck mounted power sprayer to Delhi Division of Northern Railway which sprays insecticide in water bodies around rail tracks to prevent mosquito breeding.
The train carrying ‘mosquito terminator’ will pass through Delhi Serai Rohilla, Patel Nagar, Delhi Cantt., Palam, Safdarjung, Kishanganj, Lajpat Nagar, Hazrat Nizamuddin, Adarsh Nagar, Rathdhana, Shahdara, Palam and Gurgaon.
According to a senior Northern Railway official the water bodies formed on land adjacent to the tracks, which is otherwise inaccessible, act as a breeding ground for mosquitoes.
“The insecticide sprayed over the water bodies would check the threat in the most effective manner,” he said.
