The Health Minister Maithrepla Sirisena has instructed the officials of National Dengue Control Programme today to take legal action against 767 Tyre Retail Shops and Bus Depots who are running Mosquito Breeding Places in their backyards with immediate effect.
"These Tyre Shops and Bus Depots which are in the earlier occassions were issued notices and get cleaned in raids carried out during previous Dengue Control Weeks are not able correct their mistakes and continuously commiting the same mistake by keeping Mosquito Breeding Places in their back yards" according to the Health Minister."Therefore no need to issue notices for them again and without a notice taken legal action against them "the Minister has advised the officials.