Date:11/10/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/10/11/stories/2006101121980300.htm

Andhra Pradesh - Hyderabad

Breeding grounds for mosquitoes

Staff Reporter

Overflowing garbage bins at Chikkadpally, Gowliguda, New Mallepally, Toli Chowki and Masab Tank

Pathetic scene in lanes and by-lanes

`Residents are a worried lot'

HYDERABAD: Many colonies in Chikkadpally, Gowliguda, New Mallepally, Toli Chowki and Masab Tank areas portray pictures of overflowing garbage bins and stagnant water that are now turning into breeding grounds for mosquitoes.

While sanitation on the main roads is property maintained and pavements covered with layers of disinfectants, situation is bad in lanes and by-lanes of many areas. Garbage on the Chikkadpally and Baghlingampally road and stagnant water in the colonies of Gowliguda and Masab Tank have turned conditions unhygienic in the localities. The New Mallepally Municipal Ground abutting Vijayanagar Colony is posing a big threat to the people.

"Residents in the locality are now a worried lot. Authorities did not bother to spray disinfectants when the chikungunya scare hit the city, we now urge them to take up some precautionary measures keeping in mind the dangers of dengue," says Mohd.Ayub Ali, a local medical practitioner.