DHAKA, Aug 7, 2020 (BSS) – The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC)
is going to start combing operations in every ward from tomorrow to
protect the city dwellers from the menace of dengue fever.
The clean-up operations will start from tomorrow and continue for
the next 10 days from 10am to 12:30pm, said a press release.
The timing of the operations may be changed based on different areas
or wards, it added.
However, the drives will remain suspended on August 11 due to the
Janmashtami, one of the religious festivals of Hindus, and on August
14 and 15 due to the National Mourning Day.
DNCC Mayor M Atiqul Islam sought cooperation from ward councillors,
reserved seat councillors, media personnel and city dwellers to make
the mosquito control efforts a total success.
He also urged the city dwellers to check if water accumulates
inside, outside or around the house or any installation, and throw it
away immediately.
Atiqul asked the inhabitants to discard such water once every three days.
Like previous drives, pictures, addresses, mobile numbers and other
necessary information about the houses or establishments where Aedes
mosquito larvae or Aedes mosquito breeding grounds will be found will
be stored in an app instantly during the operations.
According to the information a database will be created and the
areas will be monitored later.
Besides the operations, mobile courts headed by regional executive
officers and executive magistrates will also conduct drives to control
Aedes mosquito in Dhaka north areas.
Mentionable, in the previous anti-mosquito drives, conducted from 18
to 20 May, a total of 9,463 installations were inspected. Aedes larvae
were found in 16 establishments and Taka 4,58,300 was fined to this
end.
Later, in a combing operation held from June 8 to 14, Aedes larvae
were found in 1,601 houses after inspecting 1,34,135 houses and
installations of the DNCC. A fine of Tk 21 lakh 65 thousand 500 was
imposed by the mobile court.
During the last combing operation conducted from 4 to 14 July, 1
lakh 30 thousand 97 houses and installations were inspected and 698
larvae of Aedes were found. A total of Tk 21 lakh 8 thousand 610 was
fined by the mobile court.