A weeklong special drive to control Aedes mosquitoes that spread dengue will kick off on Sunday, said Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Atiqul Islam.
The mayor made the announcement on Saturday at an awareness campaign against the Aedes mosquito at Dhaka’s Uttara.
The drive will be conducted by separate teams in each 10 zones under DNCC, he said.
Mobile courts led by executive magistrates will take immediate legal action upon finding Aedes larvae, he added.
“This year the number of dengue patients was lower compared to the previous years and it is also lower than the neighbouring countries. Dengue situation in the DNCC areas remained under control as we took effective steps,” said Mayor Atiqul.
The DNCC mayor visited ward-50 on Saturday as according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) the number of dengue patients was higher in the area.
During the visit the owner of an under-construction building in Ward-50 was fined Tk100,000 by a mobile court after it detected Aedes larvae there.
During the campaign in the Nikunja area two cases were filed with Khilkhet police station against two building owners after finding Aedes larvae there.