Railways, in order to prevent mosquito breeding along the railway track in Delhi area, started a special train "Mosquito Terminator o­n Wheels" from New Delhi today. Sh. Pravesh Wahi, Mayor, Delhi flagged off the train. Senior Officers of Northern Railway, Delhi Division and Municipal Corporation of Delhi were also present o­n this occasion. "Mosquito Terminator o­n Wheels" will cover a distance of 75 km approximately in each trip. This train has been envisaged to control and mitigate the menace of mosquitoes breeding in the burrow pits alongside railway tracks, as a measure to contribute towards public health and more importantly for the health safety of people residing at places adjoining railway tracks.

Today, a truck mounted power sprayer provided by Municipal Corporation was loaded o­n a special kind of wagon named 'FMP', which sprayed anti larva spray during train movement to sanitize the areas up to a distance of 50-60 meters along the tracks to Rathdana via Adarsh Nagar and Badli and returned to New Delhi and will cover other areas of NCR region in subsequent days up to 26.09.2026 as per Annexure attached. There will be spraying each week to cover the peak mosquito breeding season totaling 12 rounds (two rounds o­n each route) in 6 weeks. This will reduce the menace of mosquito larvae breeding and spread of mosquito menace.

Railway is also taking requisite measures to prevent the breeding of mosquitoes in railway colonies and Railway land. Besides, Railway is also ensuring the cleanliness of overhead tanks and replacement of missing/damaged lids of water tanks.

PROGRAMME OF MOSQUITO TERMINATOR SPECIAL TRAIN TO CONTROL ACTIVITIES OF VECTOR BORNE DISEASE IN RAILWAY AREA.