Mosquito breeders beware

Nadira GUNATILLEKE

A special raid will be carried out on June 8, Monday to arrest all persons in the Colombo district having mosquito breeding grounds within their properties. Such persons will be fined, arrested and produced before Courts without considering their positions, Power Minister and Civil Defence Committees Coordinating Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage said.

Minister Aluthgamage said that the Civil Defence Committees will carry out a special awareness program in the Colombo district on June 6, Saturday with the coordination of the officials of the Healthcare and Nutrition Ministry, Police Department, Colombo Municipal Council and Grama Niladharis, Samurdhi animators on combating dengue. The cleaning campaign will take place on Sunday, June 7 and all residents in the Colombo district, especially the Colombo city limits will be required to clean their homes and gardens in order to destroy all mosquito breeding sites.

According to Minister Aluthgamage the program will be carried out for a period of one month will be implemented in all parts of the country giving priority to badly effected districts. The program will reach Kandy on Monday, June 8. The program consists of an awareness program, a cleaning campaign and raids. The program will be held on every weekend of the month from Friday to Monday. He made this announcement during the launching ceremony of the program in Colombo yesterday.