Stamp out breeding grounds, councils told

Located in Jalan PJS 1/25, this empty plot of land has been lying vacant for over 20 years. According to business people nearby, proper drainage was supposed to be done for this former mining pool, filled in, but when StarMetro visited on Jan 23 evening the place looked abandoned and even the aluminium sheeting erected around had been broken into.

THE statistics for dengue in January have not been encouraging.

From Jan 3 until Jan 16, the Health Ministry’s “idengue” remote-sensing tool has tallied 14 fatalities due to dengue fever.