ISLAMABAD: State Minister for Capital Administration and Development Division (CAAD) Tariq Fazal Chaudhry on Tuesday constituted a committee to control and eradicate dengue from the twin cities.
The committee members included officials from the district governments of Islamabad and Rawalpindi, Capital Development Authority (CDA) and Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD).
It was decided in the meeting that effective dengue control measures have to be taken. The committee will coordinate with all the relevant wings and departments to ensure measures to control the outbreak of dengue and effective eradication of the dengue larvae.
The committee will also take necessary steps to efficiently manage the waste disposal in the cities and urban areas – breeding ground for dengue larvae. The minister praised the effective dengue control system followed by the Punjab government which yielded positive results in the severely infected areas.
He said that the same model is being implemented in Islamabad which is proving successful as no loss of life has been reported in the city this year. The patients who are brought to hospitals in Islamabad are mostly from the suburban areas and adjoining districts of the federal capital, he added.
The meeting was informed that out-door and in-door preventive policy for dengue control is being pursued – out-door monitoring teams visit the sites and manually destroy the larvae and their reproductive culture. The chemicals which are sprayed at the site are approved and authorised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) having mine effect as the mosquito dies instantly as soon as it lands on the sprayed area.
Around 300 Lady Health Workers are working to destroy suspected in-door dengue breeding sites – wherever such a site is reported. It was further informed that whenever a dengue case is reported at certain place, 48 houses around the infected house and the nearby streets are sprayed with anti-dengue chemicals.
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