Anti-Mosquito Drive: DNCC fines house owners Tk 2.5 lakh

Dhaka North City Corporation yesterday found Aedes mosquito larvae at 153 houses and establishments on the fifth day of its ongoing 10-day combined operation to eliminate mosquitoes.

During the drive, the city corporation teams yesterday visited 13,462 houses, under construction buildings and establishments, according to a DNCC official.

The teams, comprising 12 entomologists of Directorate General of Health Services and the DNCC, fined different house owners Tk 2.5 lakh under 14 cases through mobile courts.

The teams also found breeding grounds and wet containers at 9,258 spots.

They also warned house owners for not taking proper steps to destroy the breeding sources.

The larvae were found in discarded tyres, flower tubs, water containers, bucket, water bottles, flooded floors, hole of water metre, clay pots, water tank, plastic containers, rooftop drain, discarded commode, basement, middle space of two buildings and coconut shell.

DNCC teams have so far found Aedes mosquito larvae at 854 spots after visiting 67,592 houses and establishments since inception of the drive. They also found breeding grounds and wet containers at 46,801 spots, and realised Tk 4.36 lakh in fines from owners and authorities of establishments where Aedes larvae were found.