The Delhi High Court on Monday slammed the Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi government for its failure to launch public awareness campaign about mosquito-borne diseases like Dengue and Chikungunya, their symptoms and treatment.
"We don't see a single advertisement on newspapers, boards or jingles (in radio). We are most dissatisfied with the status report. It does not have a word on
programmes for public awareness. We don't hear any popular public figure making statement on this kind of diseases unlike in cases of polio or cancer," the court said.
A division bench of acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Pratibha M Singh also criticised the civic agencies on the issue and noted the national Capital reported more cases of Chikungunya this year as compared to the same period last year.mpost