The Dengue menace

The State constituent assemblies have long been associated with various shoes hurling issues and fighting like kids over and not discussing issues holding relevance properly but here comes an issue where opposition brought Delhi Constituent Assembly to a near standstill asking the government’s take on the rapid spread of DENGUE.

Dengue, a small virus has the power to shake the foundation of our Constituent Assemblies no wonder it is also called BONE BREAKING FEVER.

STRANGE!!!! ISN’T IT??IS IT JUST A TINY VIRUS?

Dengue fever actually is not just another disease that prevails in our country in the atmosphere of open drains and a ditch, under constructions pipelines, poorly managed construction sites but is a disease which is declared as an endemic in over 100 countries around the world with about 50 million infections around the world.

Coming back to Delhi the state, the responsibility of curbing the BONE BREAKING disease is been thrown like a volleyball in various territories and that’s where the article I base this post on comes into picture.

The articles in Express Newsline reported how “Mayor, MCD team got roughed up while inspecting Jamia Nagar” and the blame ball was passed by the opposition towards the government who conveniently put it in MCD’s court.

Many cases were reported in the Jamia Nagar owing to which Mayor along with MCD leader of the house made a visit to the area where they faced enraged residents who are tired of the lack of sanitation and our asking for a special dengue ward at dispensaries. While the Health officials claim that “only 3 deaths and 28 cases” have been reported in the Jamia Nagar area, the authorities distanced themselves from the issue citing unavailability of funds.

Meanwhile the area still remains breeding ground of mosquitoes and exhibits open drains and under construction pipelines and two more areas, Karol Bagh and Paharganj have been declared as the dengue Hot spots.

AND ....Our ministry is happy playing volleyball of blaming each other.

My questions-
Is the virus or the disease new? We have been these issues for a few years now and still refuse to seek solution? Are funds always inadequate? Is living in a healthy neighbourhood too much to ask for?
Comments awaited.