Health authorities seal 594 premises, file 2,223 FIRs in major anti-dengue crackdown
Rawalpindi health authorities have launched an aggressive anti-dengue campaign, sealing nearly 600 properties and filing over 2,000 FIRs for SOP violations. Despite high larval detection rates, no new fatalities have been reported recently.
Why it matters
The crackdown reflects urgent public health efforts to curb vector-borne diseases in high-density urban areas during peak seasons.
Rawalpindi - District Health Authority (DHA) Rawalpindi has sealed 594 commercial and residential properties and registered 2,223 First Information Reports (FIRs) as part of an intensified enforcement campaign against dengue SOP violations and vector breeding, official records showed on Wednesday.
Besides property sealings and case registrations to police, health inspectors issued 1,862 challans and imposed Rs. 2,312,000.0 fines
According the updated data, 1,400 field surveillance teams consisting of 415 outdoor and 985 indoor units, as many as 155,071 total larval sites out of 134,633 houses, and 20,438 public spots after inspecting 4.59 million residences were identified positive. Moreover, 1.58 million public locations were also identified positive with dengue larvae.
Hot and humid weather to prevail across most of Pakistan
The report shows high-density larva detection was concentrated across Misrial Road, Afshan Colony, Allama Iqbal Colony, Dhamyal, Naseerabad, Dhoke Mustaqeem, Pirwadhai, Morgah and Chak Jilal Din.
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