ICT, MCI's anti-dengue drive in full swing.

ISLAMABAD -- A massive campaign against dengue was in full swing after reporting over 1300 positive cases of the deadly fever so far during the ongoing year.

The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Administration in assistance with Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad (MCI) constituted teams to carry out fogging and spraying of anti-mosquitoes pesticides across the city, whereas the assistant commissioners were ensuring compliance to anti-dengue standard operating procedures (SOPs), Deputy Commissioner Islamabad, Irfan Nawaz Memon told reporter on Tuesday.

He said the health directorate had completed anti-dengue fogging in various urban as well as sub-urban areas in the city including, sectors of G series, BharaKahu, Tarnol and other high risk sites from where more cases of the dengue were reported.

The teams were also disseminating educating material among the masses to create awareness to curb the disease and keep citizens safe against the mosquito bite.

In order to make anti-dengue campaign successful, the DC said the city was divided into different zones and in each zone, designated teams were deployed.

The sanitation directorate carried out special cleanliness operation,in addition to routine cleanliness of the city, especially in the potential breeding areas of the city so that dengue could be eliminated at its larva stage.

Memon said additional machinery, vehicles, human resources and other allied facilities were provided to the teams with availability of sufficient quantity of pesticides for smooth functioning of the drive.

The teams of environment wing were also engaged for removing wild...