New Delhi, Aug 12 - The Delhi High Court Wednesday dismissed a public interest petition that charged the government with not having taken adequate measures to tackle swine flu in the capital. The city has so far reported over 250 cases of the viral infection.

Holding that the government was doing everything to curtail the spread of swine flu, a division bench of Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice Manmohan dismissed the petition by Anjana Jain filed through her counsel Sugreev Dubey.

The petition accused the government of not having proper measures for distribution of medicines and masks. Jain demanded that masks be made available with local chemists so that their black-marketing can be curtailed.

'Auto and taxi drivers who are going to airports, railway stations and bus terminals are most vulnerable to the flu and the government should make sure that they wear the masks and take all precautionary measures,' the petition stated.