Vijay Laxmi, Kumar, Parveen and Sharma Anil
Abstract
The Yamuna Nagar is rich in groundwater. Yamuna Nagar District is named after perennial Yamuna River. The perennial Yamuna River flows through the districtâs eastern part. In order to study the seasonal prevalence of mosquito breeding in ponds of village Ratauli, Mandebar, and Kheri Ranghran, of the Yamuna Nagar district of Haryana, the mosquito density of the three village ponds were checked in the four seasons, May, August, November and February of the year 2024-25. Further efforts were also made to correlate the mosquito diversity with the Physico-chemical properties of the breeding water. The mosquito density and physico-chemical parameters such as, potential of hydrogen (pH), electrical conductivity (EC), dissolved oxygen (DO), biological oxygen demand (BOD), and total dissolved solids (TDSs) were analyzed following the standard methods. The results of the physicochemical parameters and mosquito larvae density in the pond water samples were analysed using correlation and regression analysis. The pond situated in the village, Kheri Ranghran had maximum larval density among the three ponds. The pond was covered with of water hyacinth. The temperature in the Kheri Ranghran pond was strongly correlated with the mosquito density. The three ponds were found to have different physico-chemical parameters. The TDS parameter was strongly negatively correlated with the mosquito density, especially in the Ratauli and Kheri Ranghran ponds.