After insecticidal fogging around slum areas, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is targeting corporate offices to control the ever-rising numbers of dengue cases. The public health department realised that dengue-causing mosquitoes also breed in corporate office spaces. These wards also have a higher number of dengue cases. According to BMC officials, with the receding monsoon, mosquitoes start locating stagnant water in domestic areas like households and work places. Starting this week, a new campaign for dengue awareness has been initiated in offices and cramped buildings in city wards B, C, D, E, F south and north, and G south and north.

The Aedes aegypti mosquito (Dengue mosquito) lays its eggs on the walls of water-filled containers. Adult mosquitoes rest in dark areas or indoors, while only female mosquitoes bite humans. BMC authorities have been concentrating on creating awareness among people to make sure that there is no stagnant water collection indoors.u00a0