Dengue surveillance halted due to rainfall.

RAWALPINDI -- Dengue surveillance was halted in Rawalpindi on Saturday due to the morning rainfall.

The rain left stagnant water in parts of the city near Leh Nullah, but the health department did not carry out its anti-dengue campaign in these areas.

During visits to these areas three days ago, health department officials found dengue larvae present in and around Raheemabad, Dhoke Kala Khan, Afzal Town, Pirwadhai and Fauji Colony.

A health department official said the graveyard in Dhoke Chaudhrian, located near the Lahore High Court Rawalpindi bench, still needs attention from town officials.

He added that junkyards from Chaklala to Rehmatabad were not checked and there were no teams deputed to drain water in vacant plots in Afzal Town, Shah Khalid Colony, Gangal and other areas.

Meanwhile, people living in various localities denied that any team conducting indoor or outdoor surveillance had visited them.

'No team from the RTMA or the health department arrived in our...

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