Kolkata

KOLKATA: Some pockets in Behala are grappling with rising number of dengue cases. With monsoon still active, the situation may turn bad to worse, fear locals. Kolkata Municipal Corporation has admitted that some areas of Behala, neighbouring Maheshtala Municipality, have been the worst-affected, apart from some localities in the added areas.  

“This year, around 300 confirmed dengue cases have been reported with KMC, majority of which are from the added areas. Two wards of Behala have been the worst hit,” said a senior health official at KMC.  

Stray cases of dengue mainly started surfacing from the end of June. The number started rising abruptly from July end. Though no dengue death have been reported so far, some patients are being treated in the ICU.  

“My granddaughter’s condition continues to be serious. She was doing good until the fever pinned her down in the ICU,” said Sunil Mukherjee, whose 8-year-old granddaughter is battling dengue in a private hospital off the EM Bypass. The family lives on Kazipara Road, close to Parnasree.  

The first reported dengue case in 2018 was a 50-year-old woman from Behala’s Parnasree.  

“There is a closed factory behind our building that could be a good breeding ground for mosquito. We have informed KMC workers about this but no one has done anything about the water, which had accumulated inside the locked factory,” said Anita Mistry of Shanti Pally, whose daughter had to be hospitalised for dengue.