Chapter 8 VECTOR CONTROL

1. (1) An owner or occupier of land or premises shall by herself take measures to prevent the breeding of insects and shall, when directed by the Local Public Health Officer or an officer authorised by her, carry out such measures as specified therein. Explanation:—For the purpose of this section the term “insects” shall include mosquitoes, flies, lice, sand fly, tick, mite and ticks of flea categories, etc..
2. (2) The Local Public Health Officer shall find out any cause or causes of breeding of insects and shall take measures for the prevention, control and removal of the same. In any circumstances, if the Local Public Health Officer is unable to prevent or control or remove such cause or causes, she shall report the same to the Local Public Health Committee.

1. (1) No person or institution shall cause or permit the following matters, namely:-
   • (i) maintaining such waterloggs or stagnant water collections in which mosquitoes are breeding or likely to breed;
   • (ii) keeping animals in a polluted manner which cause breeding of sand flies and mosquitoes ;
   • (iii) When the presence of ticks in domestic animals is found in a manner likely to threaten public health, desist from doing necessary activities to eradicate the same ;
   • (iv) causing the growth of insects including mites which cause flea fever (scrub typhus) by not maintaining the area owned, occupied or controlled by oneself;
   • (v) refrain from preventing or removing water logged in coconut shell and spathe, etc in farms and plantation area owned, occupied or controlled by oneself;
   • (vi) ignoring the instructions given by the health workers considering the threat to public health due to breeding or possiblity of breeding of mosquitoes, sand flies and other ticks.
2. (2) Any person or institution who contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1) shall be liable to fine as specified in section 65.

1. (1) The Local Public Health Officer shall require the owner or occupier of any place where breeding or chance of breeding of vectors may happen to prevent breeding of vectors within the time specified in the notice through measures which the Public Health Officer consider appropriate in the circumstance.
2. (2) If the place mentioned in sub-section (1) is under the control of a Local Self Government Institution or Central Government or State Government, it shall be informed to the Head of the office concerned in advance and shall require in writing to initiate actions.
3. (3) In the event of noticing of any circumstance of Kyasanur Forest disease (monkeypox) or unusual death of monkeys in any area under her jurisdiction, the Public Health Officer shall at once carry out required activities for the control of insects.
4. (4) In the event of noticing of kala azar disease in any area under her jurisdiction, the Public Health Officer shall at once carry out required activities for the control of sand flies.

In the event that any

person who has received a notice under section 54, fails or refuses to take action or to initiate remedial measures as specified in the notice within the time stipulated therein the Local Public Health Officer may take or initiate such actions directly.

1. (1) In the event that no alterations has been carried out in any place or building in accordance with the directions given by the Local Public Health Officer or by any officer as directed by the Local Public Health Officer with the object of preventing the breeding of vectors, the alterations effected, the works undertaken, the measures adopted in such place or building shall not be obstructed, destroyed or cause to be weakened by the owner or occupier for the time being of such place.
2. (2) Any institution or person who contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1) shall be liable to fine as specified in section 65.

1. (1) The Local Public Health Officer shall, as per the instructions of the State or District Public Health Officers, take all steps as may be necessary for the prevention and management of any disease including communicable diseases or notifiable communicable diseases that may occur consequent to the natural calamity or other disasters: Provided that nothing in this section shall contravene the provisions of the Disaster Management Act, 2005 (No.53 of 2005).
2. (2) In the event of situations provided in sub-section (1), the Public Health Officers of respective levels shall call for Public Health Committees and shall take immediate necessary steps to prevent waterborne – insectborne – animalborne diseases .
3. (3) Every person shall be bound to follow the instructions given by the Public Health Officer to control waterborne – insectborne – animalborne diseases in the manner as provided in sub-section (2).