KASUR - The five-day anti polio drive will commence from May 23 (today) in the district, during which 706,000 children under five years of age would be administered polio vaccine.
Talking to APP on Sunday, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Health Authority Kasur Dr Muhammad Laiq Chaudhry said that 1,882 mobile teams, 131 fixed and 74 transit teams had been formed. However, 117 supervisors, 383 area in-charges have been posted and 4,542 polio workers would also be on duty. He appealed to the parents to get vaccinated their children during the campaign to save them from crippling disease.
Man killed as tractor trolley overturns
A man was killed while two labourers sustained injuries when their tractor trolly they were riding on, overturned near here on Sunday.
Police said that a tractor trolley was transporting sugarcane from Phoolnagar to Pattoki when it overturned after pumping on road near Chah Dhabanwala village.
As a result, Muhammad Ramzan (40) who was perching on the trolley came under the weight and died on the spot while tractor driver Muhammad Khawaja and Imran sustained serious injuries.
Police shifted the victims to local hospital. City Phoolnagar police were investigating. Meanwhile, the body of an unidentified teenage girl was found in Gogera Canal in the area of Sarai Mughal, here on Sunday.
A passerby spotted the corpse and informed the area police. Police recovered the body and shifted to local hospital for postmortem.
