-Outlook The Delhi Government today slammed municipal bodies for "failing" to contain spurt in dengue cases which inched close to 1,000 and directed them to take "urgent" steps before the situation goes out of control. A meeting of Delhi Cabinet, presided over by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, expressed "grave concern" over rising dengue cases and told municipal bodies to "pull up their socks" to avoid the worst. "The entire Cabinet was of the...

-The Times of India Rs 4,439 crore has literally gone down the drain called the Yamuna. Delhi and Uttar Pradesh have told the Supreme Court that they have spent Rs 4,124 crore on making the river's water potable, but the Central Pollution Control Board's latest report shows that Yamuna's water still resembles that of a drain.  The New Delhi Municipal Committee and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi have spent an additional Rs...

-The Hindustan Times Delhi reported 32 new cases of dengue on Saturday, taking the total number of patients to 617. The actual cases may be more than double, as the figure of positive dengue cases given by private hospitals is much higher than what the civic bodies have been reporting. Municipal officials argued that most private hospitals don't perform the mandatory IgM Capture Elisa test. "As per government of India rules, a case is...

-PTI New Delhi: Thirty-one fresh cases of dengue were reported on Monday in the national capital, taking the total number of those affected to 233 this season. While one case was reported from VIP areas of the capital, the rest were from South, East and North Delhi Municipal Corporations. All the 12 zones, except Sadar Paharganj zone, in the jurisdiction of South, North and East Delhi municipalities recorded dengue cases, a statement issued...

-Outlook New Delhi: Congress today blamed BJP-ruled civic bodies for rise in dengue and malaria cases in the city, saying the vector-borne diseases are spreading due to inefficiency of municipalities. Congress legislature party spokesperson Mukesh Sharma accused the three civic bodies of failing to contain spread of the diseases. "The three BJP-ruled civic bodies have been sleeping and are not taking cognisance of the presence of dengue and other water and vector-borne diseases....