With the deadly dengue having claimed seven deaths, 36 reported positive patients and 186 as suspects so far across the city during last one-and-a-half-month. the health machinery of the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has started special OPDs for dengue patients in and around the city area.

The dreaded disease is caused by the bite of 'aedes aegypti' mosquito, which lays eggs in clean water, stored in earthen pots or underground tanks. At least 30 teams of the Health department are visiting door to door and they have found dengue
causing 'aedes aegypti' mosquitos at many place, official sources said. Hundreds of health personnel and volunteers of NGOs have been pressed to carry out the task of collecting details from the residents.

The Health department personnel has urged the citizens to take precautionary steps, like wearing full sleeve clothes and use mosquito nets while going to bed at night, to keep the disease at bay. The department has also advised the citizens to clean all water storage utensils once in a week and not to store water in small ponds near their homes.