The Public Health Department of the Colombo Urban Council has been declared a Month Of Rat Control with effect from today(29) in view of destroying the increasing number of Rat Population in the Colombo City according to Chief Medical Officer Of Health in Colombo Dr.Ruwan Wijemuni.
Under the Rat Control Month the Public Health Department has today begun distributing 250,000 soap type Rat Control Method which destroying Rats to houses and Institutes which are at risk of escalating the rat population Dr.Wijemuni has said.
The Rat Population is rapidly increasing in Colombo City since few months due to the shortage of soap type Rat Control Method which the Public Health Department has used in the past to control Rats in the city the Colombo Chief Medical Officer has stressed.
"Now we have received the Soap Type Rat Control Method and distributing them to the relevant Houses and Institutions in Colombo City in view of controlling the rat population " he has said.
Colombo Fort.Pettah Manning Market,Borella Super Market and Maradana have been identified as places in Colombo City where the rat population is rapidly increasing.
Due to the increasing number of rat population there's a risk of spreading rat related diseases like "Leptospirosis"(Rat Fever),Tetanus,Rabies and The Plague Dr.Wijemuni has further said.