ISLAMABAD: The environment wing of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) has started removing wild bushes and grass, which has grown as a result of recent rains.

An official of the CDA said here on Monday that wild bushes and shrubs not only disturb the natural beauty of Islamabad but also provide potential breeding sites for the growth of dengue larva, so these are being removed on priority and no laxity will be tolerated in this regard.

Talking to APP, he said first of all the CDA teams would remove grass, bushes on main roads, then all centers of the Capital, adding, streets will be cleaned at the end.

Labour and special grass cutting machines are being used in this regard, he added.

In this connection, special teams have been constituted, and their performance will be monitored on daily basis.

These special teams have started work on war footings and are busy in removing wild bushes and grass, particularly from green belts, median strips, different ‘marakiz’ and residential areas of Islamabad.

Published in Dawn, July 28th, 2015

On a mobile phone? Get the Dawn Mobile App: Apple Store | Google Play

Opinion

Editorial

By-election trends
Updated 23 Apr, 2024

By-election trends

Unless the culture of violence and rigging is rooted out, the credibility of the electoral process in Pakistan will continue to remain under a cloud.
Privatising PIA
23 Apr, 2024

Privatising PIA

FINANCE Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb’s reaffirmation that the process of disinvestment of the loss-making national...
Suffering in captivity
23 Apr, 2024

Suffering in captivity

YET another animal — a lioness — is critically ill at the Karachi Zoo. The feline, emaciated and barely able to...
Not without reform
Updated 22 Apr, 2024

Not without reform

The problem with us is that our ruling elite is still trying to find a way around the tough reforms that will hit their privileges.
Raisi’s visit
22 Apr, 2024

Raisi’s visit

IRANIAN President Ebrahim Raisi, who begins his three-day trip to Pakistan today, will be visiting the country ...
Janus-faced
22 Apr, 2024

Janus-faced

THE US has done it again. While officially insisting it is committed to a peaceful resolution to the...