Health Authorities Seal 594 Premises, File 2223 FIRs in Major Anti-Dengue Crackdown
Rawalpindi, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 9th Sep, 2026) District Health Authority (DHA) Rawalpindi has sealed 594 commercial and residential properties and registered 2,223 First Information Reports (FIRs) as part of an intensified enforcement campaign against dengue SOP violations and vector breeding, official records showed on Wednesday.
Besides property sealings and case registrations to police, health inspectors issued 1,862 challans and imposed Rs. 2,312,000.00 fines.
According to updated data:
- 1,400 field surveillance teams inspected 4.59 million residences, identifying 155,071 total larval sites out of 134,633 houses and 20,438 public spots as positive for dengue larvae.
- 1.58 million public locations were also found positive with dengue larvae.
- High-density larva detection was concentrated in areas like Misrial Road, Afshan Colony, Allama Iqbal Colony, Dhamyal, Naseerabad, Dhoke Mustaqeem, Pirwadhai, Morgah and Chak Jilal Din.
The enforcement campaign covered complete field coverage of all 17,859 Punjab Information Technology board (PITB) registered hotspots.
Entomological monitoring revealed that 41 Union Councils exceeded a Breteau Index (BI) threshold of 10, while 26 UCs recorded a BI between 7 and 10.
On the patient registration front:
- Six total dengue cases have been recorded so far after screening 3,854 patients.
- No fatalities have been reported and no new cases were recorded in August and September.
The data indicates that four confirmed cases were reported in July from Dhoke Hassu Janobi, Kotha Kallan, and Kountrila, all within Rawalpindi Cantonment Board jurisdiction.
A health authority spokesman urged citizens to strictly follow dengue SOPs to prevent larvae production.
