RAWALPINDI
APP
Environment Protection Agency (EPA), under its ongoing anti-dengue drive sealed eight and inspected 109 sites during last three days.
EPA District Officer Mian Mohammad Nawaz said that strict action is being taken against the violators to save the public from the spread of dengue mosquitoes.
EPA teams also removed stagnant water from different dengue breeding sites while the teams found dengue larva at two points, he informed.
Mian Mohammed Nawaz further said that EPA teams visited 109 points including 47 tyre shops, 51 junkyards/godowns, seven under construction sites and four nurseries during the period. He said that tyre shops, hotels, restaurants, nurseries, under construction sites and other vulnerable points are regularly being checked and special inspection is conducted to check dengue mosquito larva. As many as 101 sites were declared clear of dengue larva.
Fine amounting to Rs 50,000 each was also imposed on two bread factories. The EPA would continue to conduct such raids until the dengue mosquito was eliminated, he added.
