Anti-dengue campaign was discontinued last November.
Informed sources said that the committee headed by Dr Jamal Nasir found the mosquito larva from the house of 25-year-old Abdul Waheed, who was tested positive with the virus at the Holy Family Hospital on December 30, 2015.
The members of the committee also found presence of dengue mosquitoes in different areas of Dhoke Mustaqeem.
The work of the committee came under discussion in a meeting held in the office of the District Coordination Officer (DCO) Sajid Zafar Daal, here on Thursday.
The meeting was convened to discuss efforts of the District Health and other departments against the spread of dengue that has unexpectedly continued in the cold weather. The meeting was attended by officials of the health, agriculture, social welfare, solid waste, and education departments.
The DCO asked the relevant departments to maximise their efforts to end dengue in Rawalpindi.
He said that the anti-dengue teams needed to keep focus on the suspected areas.
The DCO also urged the solid-waste management company to keep the city clean.
Daal expressed his annoyance over absence of officials from the Auqaf Department (Evacuee Trust) in the meeting.
It may be mentioned here that the City District Government had trained over 1,000 workers to launch anti-dengue campaign in 2015. The government had also hired some workers on daily wages.
The government ended the campaign in mid-November hoping that its earlier efforts and onset of winter season would subdue the dengue.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 8th, 2016.
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