The Environmental Protection Ministry announces that it will give NIS 7.1 million ($1.89 million) to restore and rehabilitate pest prevention, monitoring, and control systems in northern regional councils and the Tekuma region in the south, due to damage caused by the ongoing war.
The support will allow local authorities to prepare for the return of residents by monitoring and addressing health-related pests such as mosquitoes, sand flies, rodents, flies, and cockroaches to protect public health and the environment.
The proposed financial support for qualifying local authorities will cover additional costs for rehabilitating municipal pest control systems.
The ministry says that environmental hazards that are not addressed efficiently and quickly over time may become a significant source of harm to the health of the environment and humans. These actions aim to reduce the health risks that may arise from unwanted exposure to sanitary pests.
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