New Delhi Aug 24 PTI The South Delhi Municipal Corporation SDMC has issued legal notices to 20 DTC bus depots for allegedly failing to curb mosquito breeding during monsoon the civic body said on Tuesday Municipal officials said the action was taken during a special drive of the SDMCs Public Health Department to detect mosquito breeding and check control measures at Delhi Transport Corporation DTC bus depots located in the municipalitys jurisdiction The department during its drive found mosquito breeding at 23 out of 38 bus depots coming under the jurisdiction of the SDMC Reasons behind mosquito breeding were collection of rain water in scrap items lying unattended tyres flower pots desert coolers etc After detecting mosquito breedings the department initiated legal measures against care takersmanagers of the depot by issuing 20 legal notices and one challan against them the civic body said in a statement Vulnerable bus depots where mosquito breeding was found are DTC cluster bus depot at Sector-2 Sector-22 Sector-C in Dwarka Sukhdev Vihar Khanpur Vasant Vihar Dichaou Kalan among others According to SDMCs Public Health Department officials mosquito breeding increases in the monsoon so the cases of vector-borne diseases may go up According to a report issued by the municipal corporations 82 cases of dengue have been recorded till August 21 this year Officials said that during monsoon rain water gets accumulated at empty patches of land on the roadsides on rooftops of buildings and even in unattended objects giving a congenial atmosphere for breeding of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes known for spreading vector-borne diseases such as dengue malaria and chikungunya The statement further said mosquito breeding was destroyed on the spot where it was detected in bus depots The insecticidal spray was also used by the civic staff Civic officials were directed to coordinate with care takersmanagers of bus depots and organise workshops for taking anti-mosquito measures on the premises the statement read PTI AKM CK