MCD Mayor flags off Mosquito Terminator Train in Delhi

MCD Mayor Pravesh Wahi flagged off the Mosquito Terminator Train at New Delhi Railway Station on 21 August 2026, launching the initiative in collaboration with Northern Railway to combat dengue and malaria. (Photo: NationPress/Qamar Sibtain)

The Mosquito Terminator Train is a joint initiative of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and Northern Railway, flagged off by Mayor Pravesh Wahi at New Delhi Railway Station on 21 August 2026. (Photo: NationPress/Qamar Sibtain)

Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) launched a rail-based mosquito control drive on 21 August 2026, with Mayor Pravesh Wahi officially flagging off the Mosquito Terminator Train at New Delhi Railway Station to curb dengue and malaria spread. (Photo: NationPress/Qamar Sibtain)

The loco pilot of the Mosquito Terminator Train displayed a green flag at New Delhi Railway Station during the official launch on 21 August 2026, marking the start of the MCD-Northern Railway mosquito control mission. (Photo: NationPress/Qamar Sibtain)

A view of the Mosquito Terminator Train after its flag-off at New Delhi Railway Station on 21 August 2026, as part of the MCD and Northern Railway joint initiative to reduce mosquito-borne disease risk in the capital. (Photo: NationPress/Qamar Sibtain)

The newly launched Mosquito Terminator Train, flagged off at New Delhi Railway Station on 21 August 2026, is deployed by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi in partnership with Northern Railway to conduct targeted mosquito control operations. (Photo: NationPress/Qamar Sibtain)

MCD workers conducted mosquito control operations at New Delhi Railway Station on 21 August 2026 following the inauguration of the Mosquito Terminator Train, as part of the civic body's drive to curb dengue and malaria in the capital. (Photo: NationPress/Qamar Sibtain)

Following the Mosquito Terminator Train inauguration on 21 August 2026, MCD field teams carried out ground-level mosquito control operations at New Delhi Railway Station to supplement the train-based anti-larval drive. (Photo: NationPress/Qamar Sibtain)

MCD workers intensified mosquito control efforts at New Delhi Railway Station on 21 August 2026 after the launch of the Mosquito Terminator Train, targeting breeding sites along rail tracks to reduce dengue and malaria risk ahead of the monsoon peak. (Photo: NationPress/Qamar Sibtain)

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