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Pest ManageMent

world’ or total elimination of dwellings. Our beautifully
pests, while we consciously designed edifices need the
hibernate on the concept of backing of pest prevention
implementing pest prevention in implementation for them to be
our properties. As we imbibe and sustainable and also prevent
adopt newer technologies in our detrimental impact from pest
structures & properties, simple activity.
physical intervention towards The Bureau of Indian
restricting common pest access Standards (BIS) provides the IS
into our facilities significantly 6313 guidelines for preventing
enhances the sustainability and and protecting from termite
well-being of both our properties impact, which is critical as these
& the occupants. foragers need just approximately
1/60th of an inch to pass through!
Practical practices Similarly, rodents can squeeze Despite IPM services
Pest prevention strategies through less than a tiny finger-
are straightforward and rather width space and transgress into having ‘pest prevention’
common sense practices, a facility, causing damage to as their main postulate,
utilising the knowledge of pest fixtures and equipment, and cut there is a significant gap
behaviours, then identifying wires/cables resulting in short
their likely ingress sources into circuits and fires. in the understanding
structures and subsequently Cockroaches (especially and implementation of
implementing physical Blattella germanica)are known
deterrence in restricting them. to be proficient hitchhikers that the same in the Indian
The common shafts, ducts, gain entry through supplies, property management
electrical cabling, lift wells, AHU stores and packing materials and space today.
can trigger asthmatic reactions or
networks, and air conditioning food poisoning concerns in our
ducting are some of the common facilities. Viren R Merchant
pest travel preferences within a
structure, in their quest for food
& shelter. It’s very ironic that we Design-stage
have a proclivity to create grand interventions property is being constructed or
welcoming entrances to developed.
our structures All stakeholders involved This also means that certain
and yet we in the planning, design, structural design modifications
procrastinate construction, remodeling or
on restricting retrofit of structures should be are pertinent, if they are to
the free-flow of aware of the necessity for long- prevent pest harbourage. It is
most effective, sustainable and
mosquitoes term prevention or suppression of economical if pest prevention
& flies pest problems. is implemented at the time of
into our Pest prevention will reduce
overall costs of pest control developing a property or space.
operations, as well as other Finally, the world is not just for
maintenance and operating the survival of the fittest, but also
expenses. Without doubt, the for the smartest! Because, pests
best stage to implement pest don’t read memos or signages
preventive strategies is the of ‘No Entry’; they need to be
planning phase while the prevented where they are
not wanted.

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