GHMC Commissioner R V Karnan has directed officials to intensify measures against vector-borne diseases through stronger entomological surveillance, field inspections and mosquito-breeding site elimination. Osmania University entomology experts will provide technical inputs, while officials were asked to improve coordination
National Biodiversity Authority declared Guppy and Mosquitofish as 'invasive and alien' as they adversely impacted the local aquatic ecosystems by causing food scarcity for the indigenous fish species