CMC vigil on households

Shirley WIJESINGHE

COLOMBO: The officials of the Colombo Municipal Council(CMC)will make a house-to-house visit under the guidance of the CMC Public Health Department from March 31 to gauge how observant the residents of the city has been to the messages and instructions issued by the Council in combating deadlier diseases like Dengue and Chikungunya.

According to the instruction issued by the CMC the residents are expected to keep their premises clean and devoid plastic barrels,cups, tyres, tins, bottles, coconut shells, and gutters etc where the rain-water could be collected.

The inspection tour is intended to ascertain that the premises are clean and there are no breeding grounds for mosquitos.

Under the Mosquito-borne Diseases Regulations, the presence of breeding sites is an offence punishable under the law. If any one is found to have disobeyed the law the CMC would take stern action to deal with such offenders, the CMC sources said.

The CMC’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Pradeep Kariyawasam appeals to the Public to make their premises free of mosquito breeding sites before March 31, and assist the Public Health Staff and the volunteers who visit their premises to make the campaign a success.