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Mosquitoes Challenge India.



India has been very often challenged by rats and mosquitoes. Earlier it was plaque which struck India a few years ago. Now it is Dengue fever and chikenguniya. India's capital city of New Delhi reported scores of dengue cases. Authorities have stepped up efforts to contain the outbreak that has claimed at least 13 lives. Many doctors were struck with Dengue and one of them died. The dengue fever is becoming an epidemic



India is projecting itself as a model for other developing countries to follow. A country whose IT prowess has taken it far in the globalization, a country which has a strong intellectual capital and doing breakthrough R&D in everything from IT to pharmaceuticals but unable to handle the onslaught of mosquitoes and rats. What a shame?!!!

India needs to do more. It needs to keep the country clean, improve sanitation, roads and basic infrastructure. The news of Dengue, plague and chickenguniya etc does not bode well for a country that has captured the imagination of the rest of the World. Unless the politicians do something about simple and controllable infectious diseases it may lose its advantage in everything. Investors will walk away because companies cannot operate in a sick environment. India needs to learn a lot from china especially about sanitation and hygiene.

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