KOLKATA: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) health department is set to conduct anti-dengue and anti-malaria drives in select places across 144 wards where the diseases are on the rise after a lull in 2020.
According to Atin Ghosh, the deputy mayor who oversees the KMC health department, the civic body has identified 16 wards where cases of dengue were rising and 69 wards where the malaria threat was looming.