Prevention of breeding of mosquitoes and other insects in small and large waterloggs and water collections.

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Chapter 8 VECTOR CONTROL

Statutory text

(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) Any person or institution who contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1) shall be liable to fine as specified in section 65.

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