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Pune: Chironomid larvae found inside Hinjawadi man's water purifier

Residents of Blue Ridge Township in Pune's Hinjawadi discovered numerous Chironomid larvae in their drinking water, with many stuck on the sediment filter of a resident’s purifier. Commonly known as “non-biting midges” as adults and “bloodworms” in their larval stage, they are closely related to mosquitoes. A resident stated, “If these mosquito cousins have reached Wakad and Hinjawadi, it means the river is slowly losing its capacity to fight back.”