Fumigation a free service, mayor says

Fumigation a free service, mayor says

JAKARTA (JP): East Jakarta Mayor Sudharsono told residents
yesterday to reject offers of mosquito fumigation by private
concerns.

Sudharsono said the groups usually asked for money and the
quality of the insecticide -- which should kill mosquitoes that
spread dengue fever -- was not guaranteed.

"Never accept their offer because they will not guarantee that
the fumigation is effective," he said as quoted by Antara.

Fumigation throughout Jakarta is conducted by the city
administration, which has been alarmed by an increase in cases of
dengue fever this year.

Governor Sutiyoso has said the fumigation program will cover
100 subdistricts across the city's five mayoralties.

Twenty of East Jakarta's 65 subdistricts have been fumigated
by the administration free of charge, Sudharsono said. (pan)