Ever since the dengue and malaria scare at the Mantralaya precinct where the state's top bureaucrats, judges and ministers stay, the city's municipal corporation has been working on a war footing to eradicate the carriers of the virus from the Metro 3 pits. The insecticide department has adopted a rarely-used method — application of Temephos granules — to prevent mosquito breeding.

mid-day exclusively reported on Thursday about the scare that had come to light after the families of two senior bureaucrats were treated for the viral infection. Incidentally, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) commissioner Praveen Pardeshi also lives in the same complex where the infection was reported last week. The Metro 3 authorities have issued a letter to take preventive measures.