From The Hindu Archives, February 26, 1926: Malaria in Bombay

Bombay, Jan. 25: A sub-committee appointed by the Corporation have recommended drastic measures for combating malaria. They suggest the doing away with open roadside drains which should be replaced by underground stormwater pipes, the covering up of the stormwater pipes and tanks of mills rendering wells mosquito proof and filling in the low-lying lands in the city. The railway companies ought to be called upon to fill in the low-lying lands on either side of the railway lines within the railway limit and neither the Government nor anyone else be exempted from statutory obligation and liabilities, enforceable under the Municipal Law in matters affecting the health of the city.