LAHORE, Jan 28: The City District Government of Lahore on Monday declared production of vaccination cards mandatory for issuance of birth certificates of children as well as their admission in schools.

`The birth certificates of children will be issued subject to production of their vaccination cards by the parents/guardians before the union council secretaries.

Similarly, the admission of children will not be accepted by any government or private school until submission of vaccination cards by the parents/guardians, DCO Noorul Amin Mengal said on Monday while presiding over a meeting on expanded programme on immunisation (vaccination of polio, measles, hepatitis B and C and tuberculosis).

Mengal directed the assistant director (local government) to convey the instructions to secretaries of all 150 union coun-cils of the provincial capital in writing.

He also asked the executive district officer (education) to coordinate with schools and inform them of the decision.

He sought vaccination of all children to prevent measles, tuberculosis, hepatitis B and C and polio. `The district Health Department should make all static centres well-equipped with necessary instruments and required dozes of various vaccinations for children,` he said, directing the officials to display banners, signboards and billboards at prominent spots to create awareness among the general public in this regard.

He asked town administrators to hold meetings twice a week to review the activities of vaccinators working under the EPL `All vaccinators should wear jackets bearing reflected EPI messages so parents can recognise them easily.` Heasked the EDO to depute vaccinators at hospitals, Basic Health Units (BHUs) and Rural Health Centres (RHCs) and ensure presence of CDC supervisors and sanitary inspectors along with the vaccinators to make performance of the static centres excellent.

`The CDGL needs 100 per cent results in the vaccination of children, and there will be no compromise in this regard, the DCO warned.

BUILDINGS: LDA`s Town Planning Wing demolished 23 structures built in violation of building by-laws.

During the operation on Raiwind Road, the LDA staff demolished a marriage hall near Bibi Jan Stop, a showroom near Chumbro Pind Stop and four shops as well as a big hall near Jati Umrah Stop.

On Defence Road near Katcha Phatak, the staff demolished two plazas, a marriage hall, five shops and an office hall.