PM urges to destroy breeding sites of mosquitoes

Kathmandu, Oct. 24: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has urged all to launch the nationwide campaign to destroy the breeding places of mosquitoes.     

In a message today, the PM has made such an appeal to all to conduct such a campaign at least once a week.     

The PM has urged the stakeholders, civil servants, security bodies, social activists and citizens to conduct the campaign nationwide at 10:10 am on Friday to destroy larva, pupa and ditches to destroy the breeding places of mosquitoes adding that it was the best way to control the dengue spread.     

PM Oli has said that dengue has created a serious public health challenge as its outbreak is still prevalent in some districts in Nepal.(RSS)