Guwahati, June 26 -- Reported by Manoj Kumar Ojha

Doomdooma: Amid the rising number of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) cases in Assam, the Tinsukia district administration on Thursday launched an intensified district-wide strategy to prevent the spread of Japanese Encephalitis, dengue, malaria and other vector-borne diseases.

The initiative comes as Assam's JE death toll rose to 15 after five more fatalities were reported on Wednesday, while the combined death toll from Japanese Encephalitis and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) reached 60 this year.

The decisions were taken at a meeting of the Tinsukia District Task Force on Vector-Borne Diseases, chaired by Deputy Commissioner Sumit Sattawan at the District Commissioner's Conference Hall....