Telangana HC strict to state govt. over hike in Dengue cases

  • Telangana High Court has decided to supervise the Dengue issue on a weekly basis.
     
  • Reportedly, the court has taken this decision after realising the failure of the state govt. to reduce the spread of Dengue in the state.
     
  • The High Court has directed the state govt. to form a high level committee that would submit a weekly updated report.
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  • If things doesn't improve by the end of Nov., state govt. have to pay a compensation of Rs 50 lakh to each of those succumbed to dengue, and recover Rs 5 lakh of this from the salaries of the officers concerned.
     
  • To be noted, there is a 500% increase in the number of dengue cases from 85 in January to 3,809 in September.

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