Mumbai civic review highlights mosquito challenge

Monsoons often leave behind stagnant water, which acts as a breeding ground for mosquitoes, which then transmit mosquito-borne diseases like chikungunya, dengue, malaria and even Zika. Mumbai: A review of civic measures done ahead of monsoons to control mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue, malaria and chikungunya has revealed that work on 6,160 water tanks of…

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Two killed as motorcycle rams into dumper truck on highway in Thane district

Thane: Two persons were killed after their motorcycle crashed into a dumper truck on the Mumbai-Vadodara Highway in Maharashtra’s Thane district, police said on Saturday.The accident occurred near the Mohili-Dugad stretch of the highway, where construction activity was underway on Friday, an official said.The victims, Jishan Ansari (20) and Imran Ansari (25), were wallpaper installers…

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