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Summary Embezzlement of millions of rupees was detected in polio eradication programme in Balochistan.
According to sources, 7,500 containers, which keep the polio vaccine cool, were disappeared from Quetta, Gila Abdullah and Pashin in Blochistan putting in danger the first polio vaccination campaign in 2012 in Balochistan.The sources informed that the containers are imported and each container, worth thousand of rupees, can accommodate at least 100 polio vaccine bottles. Polio vaccine worth millions of rupees is feared to be destroyed with the disappearance of containers.Meanwhile, Deputy Commissioner qQuetta, Tariq Mangal, has said that an inquiry into disappearance of containers has been ordered. The sources said that 77 cases of polio were reported in 2011 in Quetta, Qila Abdullah and Pashin.
