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DNCC-AEDES-DRIVE
DNCC fines 100 house owners Tk 3.50 lakh
DHAKA, July 8, 2020 (BSS) – Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) today found Aedes mosquito larvae at 100 houses and establishments and fined over Taka 3.50 lakh on the 5th day of the second-phase of its combing operation to eliminate mosquitoes.
During the drive, the city corporation teams today visited 13,119 houses, under construction buildings and establishments, according to a DNCC official.
Stagnant water and breeding ground of the mosquito were found at 7,890 establishments including houses and under-construction buildings.
DNCC started the second phase 10-day combing operation under DNCC areas to destroy all breeding grounds of Aedes mosquitoes, carriers of both dengue and chikungunya.
The operation starts from 10 am and continues till 1 pm every day except Friday. The wards are divided into ten sectors and each sector has 10 sub-sectors to make the operation successful, said a press release of the DNCC.
A team comprising four garbage management workers and one spray-man takes part in the operation in each sub-sector, while 40 garbage management workers and 10 spray-men take part in each sector in the drive every day.
The teams visit different establishments, houses and under construction buildings and check breeding grounds of Aedes mosquitoes in the area.
They collect pictures and addresses of the houses and other establishments and mobile numbers of its owners if they find Aedes larvae or breeding sources of Aedes mosquitoes there.
All data are stored to prepare a database in monitoring the breeding sources properly afterwards, reads the release.
Nine entomologists of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), three entomologists of the DNCC and officials of health and garbage management of the DNCC remain present during the drive.
The larvae of Aedes mosquito were found in abandoned TIRES, buckets, flower tubs, bottles, water-meters, garages, broken mugs, floors, water-tanks, plastic containers, roof-drains, yogurt pots, abandoned commodes, coconut shells, broken pots, basement and spaces between two houses.
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