DNCC to Start Anti-Mosquito Drive on June 6

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Atiqul Islam announced on Wednesday that DNCC will start drives in each ward to curb the Aedes mosquito breeding system responsible for the spread of dengue fever from Saturday (June 6).

"The campaign will start for 10 days each month until at least August," said Atiqul Islam at the meeting of the corporate entity.

He also noted that mobile courts will continue to operate for controlling Aedes mosquito spread. 

“If environment conducive to the breeding of Aedes mosquitoes is found anywhere; even if it is a government institution, the owner will be punished by fine or imprisonment or both according to the law,” he said. 

To order to ensure the involvement of residents, the DNCC area will be split into 400m grids and one housewife residing to each grid will be responsible for controlling the DNCC mosquito extermination staff.

The Mayor added that two smartphone applications for the efficient management of mosquito extermination have already been created.

“One of the app will store data on all homes or installations where Aedes mosquito larvae are found in the DNCC area. They will be used for monitoring later,” said the  DNCC Mayor. 

He assured that  the city's drains, canals have been cleaned and dug to prevent waterlogging during monsoon. “The Kalshi canal has already been dug while excavation of AD-6 canal of civil aviation authority has been started in Ashkona area.” 

Atiqul Islam added that work is underway to remove water blockades on Banani main road and Sector 8 in Uttara.

He encouraged the councilors to speak directly to city dwellers in their respective areas via Facebook Live once a month regarding their concerns and needs.

Source: UNB