Corporation cites environmental, topographical reasons

A team of Corporation and Suchitwa Mission officials visited a government site near Palode here on Thursday as part of conducting a feasibility study for setting up a temporary garbage-treatment facility there.

Cases of dengue-chikungunya co-infection are on the rise, causing concern to health planners and doctors. About three per cent of dengue-chikungunya cases fall under the co-infection category, with the patient suffering from both the diseases at the same time.

Developed for troops serving on glaciers high in the Himalayas, the non-flushing “bio-digester” toilet made by India’s top defence research body is now being offered to companies and poorer states. It is one of 200 technologies produced by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) identified as for-sale via the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).

Thirty people have been primarily detected with Chikungunya fever in Shibganj upazila of the district while many others received treatment with similar symptoms here during the last one month. Chikungunya, a viral disease marked by fever, headache, rash, nausea, pain in muscles and joints, is transmitted to humans through biting of Aedes mosquito, said doctors. The doctors of Shibganj upazila health complex recently provided treatment to some patients with symptoms of Chikungunya, locally called langra jar.

New Delhi: The cases of chikungunya have gone up by 60% in the city this year. Delhi has reported 71 cases of the mosquito-borne disease till date,including eight new cases that were reported on Friday.

The total number of fever deaths reported in the district this year has more than doubled from last year. While a total of 8 cases were reported in 2010, the number has so far reached 20 this year. The increase is mainly owing to the diseases including leptospirosis (rat fever), hepatitis, malaria and dengue. But. the total number of fever cases has reduced by more than 40 per cent.

As of October 31, 2010 the number of fever cases reported in the district was 2,28,734. In the same period this year, the number has gone down to 1,34,536.

JAIPUR: At least 20 Chikungunia cases have been reported so far in Udaipur. The cases seemed to be increasing with each passing day.

The Usarda village in Udaipur is in complete surveillance of the state medical and health department as various residents of the area are complaining about joint pain and fever.