DHANGADHI: Despite continuous efforts from the government to control malaria, 195 cases of the mosquito-borne infectious disease were found in Kailali district in the western Tarai this year.

The infection was found in 195 people in the last one year, according to District Public Health Office (DPHO), Kailali.

Nepali migrant workers returned from India are found to be the most vulnerable group with the infection of malaria, the DPHO Malaria Section chief Uday Shanker Sah said.

Likewise, lack of public awareness on the prevention and control of the disease is the main cause of  increasing cases in the district.

In the fiscal year 2014/15, malaria was found in 179 people and this number rose to 255 in the fiscal year 2015/16.

The Office records show that in the past one month, 15 new malaria patients were found in the district. Kanchanpur and Kailali remain prone to malaria in Nepal.