Life in a flood relief camp is never easy. Families, forced out of their homes by the swollen Yamuna, are still adjusting to life under makeshift roofs. On Sunday, officials of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) stepped in to make sure conditions at these camps are safe and healthy.

The first priority? Keeping mosquitoes at bay. Around the camps in Civil Lines Zone, teams carried out medicine spraying to prevent the spread of dengue, malaria, and chikungunya—diseases that often strike in the aftermath of floods.

Deputy Health Officer Dr. Sandeep Salve, AHO Rajshekhar, M.O. Sandeep Tank, and Public Health Inspector Virendra Singh personally visited the camps. They didn’t just check facilities but also spoke to the residents, sharing practical tips on how to stay safe from mosquito-borne illnesses.

“We know families here have already been through enough. Our job is to ensure that health problems don’t add to their suffering,” one official said during the inspection.

The team covered camps in Wards 17, 16, 15, and 8 of Civil Lines. These relief centres were set up after rising Yamuna waters submerged entire neighbourhoods, forcing hundreds of families to leave everything behind.

For now, sprays, inspections, and awareness sessions are small steps to make camp life a little safer, as Delhi continues to battle the aftermath of the floods.