In the middle of Delhi’s malaria-dengue-chikungunya season, civic staff at the frontlines of checking the breeding of mosquitoes in the capital have gone on strike. Since Monday (September 29) morning, Multi Tasking Staff of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), which includes Domestic [Mosquito] Breeding Checkers (DBC), have been sitting on an indefinite strike outside Gate No. DBC staff go door-to-door to put checks on mosquito-breeding sites, spray insecticides, and raise public awareness about vector-borne diseases. Official sources in MCD’s health department said the workers’ strike can potentially disrupt ongoing operations. Story continues below this adAnother DBC worker complained of an unreasonably heavy workload.