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  • 14/10/2005

Government vacancy As of now, jeinupcan be tackled only through ameliorative fantasies. One such was verbalised by Rahul Gandhi, who wanted the area aerial fogged. He was willing to provide a helicopter paid for by the Congress party coffers. A state government spokesperson termed this a conspiracy in a press release. The press later reported that his idea had "apparently fallen victim to red tape'. In Rae Bareilly, though, he got the specially equipped helicopter to carry out fogging. There is a slight problem: helicopters release pesticide at such a height that mosquitoes, hovering at not more than three metres from the ground, remain buzzingly unaffected. No wonder the Allahabad High c ourt has asked the state and the Central governments to provide information on the situation and the steps taken to control it.

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