New curtain will repel mosquitoes

  • 03/12/1997

  • Asian Age (New Delhi)

Scientists at the Malaria Research Centre here claim to have controlled mosquitoes in urban slums using curtains impregnated with an insecticide. A two year study by the MRC team has found about 90 per cent reduction of disease-causing mosquitoes in Motibagh slum area under the New Delhi Municipal Council, MRC in-charge M.A. Ansari told reporters.