Dengue breeders fined Rs. 198,000

by Dr. Richmond Wijesekera, Bentota Group Cor.

Twenty two suspects who were produced in court on the charges of breeding dengue mosquitoes in their premises, were fined Rs. 198,000 by Kalutara Additional Magistrate Ayesha Abdeen.

Eight of the suspects were fined Rs. 10,000 each while 14 others Rs. 9,000 each. In addition to the fine, they were sentenced to six months in jail, suspended for five years.

The inspection in the Aluthgama area was carried out by the administrative PHI R.A. Sinhabahu, Beruwala PHI Gamini Samaratunga and Aluthgama Acting PHI Muditha Samarasinghe on the instructions of the Kalutara Deputy National Health Institute Director Dr. Lakmini Nagodaratna.Meanwhile the administrative PHI R.A. Sinhabahu said that the Aluthgama PHI K. Dhanushka was among the team that engaged in the Dengue prevention program, had fallen a victim himself of dengue and receiving treatment in a critical condition at the Nagoda Hospital, Kalutara.

He said that several other positive dengue cases had been reported from the Aluthgama area, which had now been declared a high risk zone.