Question : NEW TECHNIQUE TO COMBAT DENGUE



(a) whether the Indian Institute of Technology(IIT) has recently discovered a new technique to sweep out the Dengue mosquito or its eggs;

(b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c) the details of deaths caused by mosquito-borne diseases in each State, particularly in Jharkhand, during each of the last three years and the current year?

Answer given by the minister


THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE ( SMT. PANABAKA LAKSHMI)

(a) & (b) Information is being collected.

(c): The number of deaths caused by Dengue, Japanese Encephalitis and Malaria for the last three years and current year in the country, state-wise including Jharkhand is given at Annexure 1.

Annexure 1

Deaths due to Mosquito borne diseases

STATEs/UTs. 2002 2003 2004 2005 (Provisional)	Mala Deng JE	Mala Deng JE	Mala Deng JE	Mala Deng JE	ria	ue	ria ue	ria ue ria ue
Andhra 0 3 3 3 5 183 2 1 3 10 2 0 Pradesh
Arunachal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pradesh
Assam 72 0 150 53 0 49 54 0 64 83 0 52
Bihar 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 28 1 0 64
Chhattisgarh 3 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0
Goa 15 0 0 1 2 0 7 0 0 2 0 0
Gujarat 17 0 0 65 9 0 89 4 0 0 1 0
Haryana 0 0 40 0 4 67 0 0 27 0 1 0
Himachal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pradesh
Jammu & 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kashmir
Jharkhand 31 0 0 13 0 0 39 0 0 8 0 0
Karnataka 33 1 15 22 7 10 27 2 6 7 12 5
Kerala 8 2 0 7 68 2 12 8 1 0 8 0
Madhya Pradesh 30 0 0 22 0 0 36 0 0 0 0 0
Maharashtra 43 18 16 85 45 115 61 22 0 14 1 29
Manipur 9 0 1 17 0 0 8 0 0 2 0 0
Meghalaya 41 0 0 38 0 0 29 0 0 19 0 0
Mizoram 35 0 0 48 0 0 72 0 0 61 0 0
Nagaland 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Orissa 465 0 0 333 0 0 283 0 0 132 0 0
Punjab 0 2 2 1 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rajasthan 11 5 0 66 11 0 20 5 0 0 1 0
Sikkim 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0
Tamil Nadu 0 0 0 0 8 36 0 0 9 0 0 1
Tripura 5 0 0 13 0 0 16 0 0 10 0 0
Uttaranchal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uttar 0 0 133 0 8 237 0 0 228 0 1 1387 Pradesh
West Bengal 152 0 105 214 0 1 180 0 1 111 34 1
A.N. 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Islands
Chandigarh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
D & N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Haveli
Daman & Diu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Delhi 0 2 0 0 35 5 0 3 0 0 9
Lakshadweep 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pondicherry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 973 33 466 1006 215 707 944 45 367 464 70 1539