Dhaka North City Corporation is all set to begin a 10-day combing operation in areas under its jurisdiction from tomorrow to destroy all breeding grounds of Aedes mosquitoes, carriers of both dengue and chikungunya.

This is the fourth such drive this year. It will take place from 9:00am till noon every day, except Friday.

The wards will be divided into ten sectors and each sector will have 10 sub-sectors to make the operation successful, said a press release of DNCC.

The teams will conduct the drives across all the 10 sub-sectors of a ward every day and they will cover all 54 wards under DNCC, stated the release.

A team comprising four garbage management workers and one spray-man will take part in the operation in each sub-sector, while 40 garbage management workers and 10 spray-men will take part in each sector in the drive every day.

The teams will visit different establishments, houses and under construction buildings and check for breeding grounds of Aedes mosquitoes in the area.

They will collect pictures, note down the addresses of the houses and establishments and mobile numbers of the owners if they find Aedes larvae or breeding sources of Aedes mosquitoes there.

All data collected will be stored to prepare a database in monitoring the breeding sources properly afterwards, reads the release.

Mobile courts will also conduct operations in this regard.

The DNCC teams will visit homes and establishments where they found Aedes larva during their earlier combing operations.

Nine entomologists of the Directorate General of Health Services, three entomologists of the DNCC and officials of health and garbage management of the DNCC will remain present during the drive.

DNCC Mayor Atiqul Islam urged residents, councillors and journalists to extend their cooperation to make the operation successful.

He urged all residents to clear all stagnant water three days of a week to keep them free from Aedes mosquitoes.

Mayor said during the coronavirus pandemic, the dengue situation will have to be kept under control at any cost.