Ludhiana, Sept. 11 -- The municipal corporation plans to switch to a smart vector management system under which the types of mosquitoes present in a particular area will be identified before any drive to eliminate them is undertaken. The system will also replace the use of toxic fumes with water-based solutions to ensure that other living beings are not adversely affected, officials said.

So far, the civic body has used the traditional method of spraying diesel-based smog in streets to kill mosquitoes. MC executive engineer Raman Kaushal, who has prepared a standard bid document for the project, said, "It is like carpet bombing without any knowledge of the vector types. This is diesel-based and is harmful to other organisms and humans. S...