DNCC cancels leave of officials
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has cancelled leave of all employees and officials of its waste and health management departments in a bid to control the spread of dengue, chikungunya and other related diseases.
DNCC Mayor Atiqul Islam made the announcement yesterday while addressing an awareness rally held on Manik Mia Avenue in the morning.
“Our employees will continue working to prevent dengue,” said the mayor. He also called upon city dwellers to be aware in this regard.
Atiqul said the city corporation is working to destroy mosquito breeding grounds and kill adult mosquitoes.
“But people have to be alert too,” he stressed. “They have to destroy habitats of Aedes mosquito at their homes as they lay eggs in clean, stagnant waters.”
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan, officials of Directorate General of Health Services, DNCC ward councillors and people from all walks of life took part in the rally. It paraded from Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban to Bangabandhu Chattar in Khamarbari.
Meanwhile, amid a concerning rise in dengue cases in Dhaka, both its city corporations have taken various initiatives such as monitoring the effectiveness of its insecticide, awareness programmes and distributing leaflets etc.
DNCC is also planning to set up groups in different areas who will encourage people to destroy Aedes mosquito larva and supply kits to diagnose dengue to all healthcare centres under DNCC, so that people can be diagnosed easily and can avail necessary treatments promptly.
Comments