The BMC has recovered Rs 9.20 lakh in the past 5 months as fine against breeding of mosquitoes. The action was taken by the BMC's pest control department as part of a pre-monsoon drive.

The department is involved in routine identification and detection of mosquito breeding spots in Mumbai. As part of the drive, workers from the department go door to door to check premises and collect samples. The civic staff did 39.87 lakh house visits between January and June this year. Of these, they found anopheles mosquito breeding in more than 600 spots. The larvae of the anopheles mosquito gives rise to Malaria.