Northern Railway and MCDtogether formulated an innovative streak and today flagged off a Special Train named ‘Mosquito Terminator’ to check mosquito breeding in the water bodies along the railway track in Delhi area for the health safety of the rail passengers and the people living along the railway tracks.This Special train was flagged off from platform No.1 of New Delhi station by Sh.Ashwani Lohani, Divisional Railway Manager and Shri K.S.Mehra, Commissioner, M.C.D.
It is well documented that construction works like widening and improvement of roadways and construction and maintenance of railway tracks create mosquito-genic environment which is often termed as ‘Man Made Malaria’.This is due to burrow pits formed by the side of roads and railway tracks to allow flow of water from the path.Often there is accumulation and stagnation of water alo0ng the tracks, more so after the rains, which lead to mosquito breeding.Apart from personal discomfort, misuse and pestiferous nature, mosquitoes play an important part in the transmission of human diseases like Malaria, Filaria, Dengue, Chikenguniya and Japanese Encphalitis.Therefore, control of mosquitoes has become an important public health activity and a challenge.
A truck mounted power sprayer provided by M.C.D. is loaded as a Special kind of wagon ‘BRN’ which has a low flat surface to mount any track or vehicle.This Special train will spray larvicides to sanitize the water bodies upto a distance of 50-60 meters along the tracks of New Delhi to New Delhi via Patel Nagar via Hazrat Nizamuddin, Lajpat Nagar and Delhi Safdarjung on the first day, i.e. on 9.9.2011 and will cover other areas in subsequent days upto 22.10.11 as shown below.
There will be four rounds of spraying at 2 weeks internal between each round to corer the peak mosquito season.
Running such a Special train has number of inherent problems like running a wagon with ODC (Over Dimension Load) is a difficult task, also that the track in Delhi area is very busy, some of the passenger trains will have to wait to let the ‘Mosquito Terminator train’to pass, which runs at the speed of 150 km per hour.In such difficult circumstances, Northern Railway officials have displayed an exemplary commitment and innovation to run the ‘Mosquito Terminator’.
ScheduleforSpraythroughDBKM
S.No. | Date of spray | Time | Area covered for anti larval measures in water bodies along with railway tracks |
Truck will be mounted | Train will be started |
1. | 9.9.2011 | 05.00 hrs | 09.00 hrs. | New Delhi- Hazrat Nizamuddin-Lajpat Nagar-Delhi Safdarjung-Patel Nagar-New Delhi |
| 10.9.2011 | 05.00 hrs | 09.00 hrs. | New Delhi to Rathdhana via Adarsh Nagar Delhi and Badli and return to New Delhi via Ashok Vihar/Lawrance Road. |
2. | 23.9.2011 | 05.00 hrs | 09.00 hrs. | New Delhi - Delhi - Delhi Shahdara- Lajpat Nagar – Delhi Safdarjung - Patel Nagar - New Delhi. |
| 24.9.2011 | 05.00 hrs | 09.00 hrs. | New Delhi to Rathdhana via Adarsh Nagar Delhi and Badli and return to New Delhi via Ashok Vihar/Lawrance Road. |
3. | 7.10.2011 | 05.00 hrs | 09.00 hrs. | New Delhi - Delhi - Delhi Shahdara- Hazrat Nizamuddin - Lajpat Nagar – Delhi Safdarjung - Patel Nagar - New Delhi. |
| 8.10.2011 | 05.00 hrs | 09.00 hrs. | New Delhi to Rathdhana via Adarsh Nagar Delhi and Badli and return to New Delhi via Ashok Vihar/Lawrance Road. |
4. | 21.10.2011 | 05.00 hrs | 09.00 hrs. | New Delhi - Delhi - Delhi Shahdara- Hazrat Nizamuddin - Lajpat Nagar – Delhi Safdarjung - Patel Nagar - New Delhi. |
| 22.10.2011 | 05.00 hrs | 09.00 hrs. | New Delhi to Rathdhana via Adarsh Nagar Delhi and Badli and return to New Delhi via Ashok Vihar/Lawrance Road. |
