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RDA organizes walk to create dengue awareness
The Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) here on Saturday organized a walk in connection with an anti-dengue awareness campaign. Following the directives of the Director General (DG) of RDA, Muhammad Saif Anwar Jappa, the authorities concerned were taking steps to spread anti-dengue awareness, the RDA spokesman said. He informed that the walk organized from the RDA […]
The Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) here on Saturday organized a walk in connection with an anti-dengue awareness campaign. Following the directives of the Director General (DG) of RDA, Muhammad Saif Anwar Jappa, the authorities concerned were taking steps to spread anti-dengue awareness, the RDA spokesman said.
He informed that the walk organized from the RDA office to Murree Road was attended by Deputy Director Finance RDA, Khawaja Arshad Javed, Deputy Director Building Control, Ali Raza and others. The spokesman said that the DG had urged the citizens to adopt all possible preventive measures for the prevention of dengue.
The DG requested the citizens to remove stagnate water from their homes. The DG RDA had urged the citizens to take special care and priority measures for cleanliness and said that water should not be allowed to accumulate in open spaces and corners of the house, the RDA spokesman informed.
The DG had also advised the general public to use mosquito repellent spray regularly and directed the RDA officials to take steps to prevent dengue spread in the office premises. Anti-dengue day marked: Anti-dengue day was marked across the district under the directions of Punjab government. Awareness rallies were conducted by the district administration and civil society while seminars and special cleaning were made in public offices, buildings and bazaars. Earlier, the central rally organized by the health department led by the focal person Dr Atta-ur- Rahman was taken out.
Awareness was also given among citizens on precautionary measures. Deputy Commissioner (DC) Umar Jahangir in a statement said that success in the dengue campaign was not possible without the support of civil society and the business community.
He urged the citizens to cooperate with district administration against the battle to keep the environment dry and clean.Umar Jahangir said, “Sensitive points are being screened by geo-tagging to stop the growth of dengue larvae, while online records of dengue patients are being compiled in all hospitals.”
