Punjab Minister for Labour and Manpower Raja Ashfaq Sarwar has said that dengue situation in Rawalpindi is under control at the moment. However, he warned that the presence of larvae in overhead brides, underground water tanks, junkyards, graveyards, under construction buildings and open plots is a matter of concern and all departments and organisations should discharge their responsibilities to tackle the situation efficiently.
He issued these directives while presiding over a meeting in the committee room of Rawalpindi commissioner’s office. DCO Talat Mehmood Gondal, assistant commissioners Isphanyar Bhandara, Raja Muhammad Hanif, Zaibun Nisa Awan, Sobia Satti, MPAs Sardar mumtaz Khan, Malik Shakeel Awan, Haji Pervez Khan, Mirza Mansoor Baig, Raja Atiq Sarwar, Shoukat Janjua, Hafiz Usman, Rahat Masood Qudoosi, Directeor Local Government and Rural Development Mian Najeeb Aslam and representatives of other departments attended the meeting.
Raja Sarwar asked to ensure desilting of all nullahs, elimination of wild growth and lifting of garbage from open plots before monsoon season sets in. He also directed to include dengue larvae data of Gujar Khan, Wah Cantt, Taxila and other adjoining areas in the report.
The DCO told the meeting that government departments having poor performance of dengue larva detection had been warned to improve their performance.
Director Local Government Mian Najeeb Aslam informed the meeting that additional teams for surveillance had been deputed in Rawalpindi.