First Day of Drive: DNCC finds Aedes larvae at 131 spots
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) yesterday found Aedes mosquito larvae at 131 houses and establishments on the first day of its 10-day combined operation.
The drive, which started in all 54 wards of the city corporation simultaneously at 10am, covered 11,969 houses, establishments and under construction buildings and found the larvae at 131 places.
The DNCC teams also found breeding sources at 8,380 more houses, under construction buildings and establishments during the drive that continued till 1pm.
The DNCC teams fined Tk 69,000 to the owners of eight houses and under construction buildings and warned rest of the houses and buildings.
The drive will continue for nine more days (except Friday) from 10am till 1pm. Earlier, DNCC divided each ward into ten sectors and each sector into ten sub-sectors to conduct the combined operations.
During the drive, DNCC teams asked the dwellers to keep their house clean and use masks when they come out of their homes.
Nine entomologists of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), three entomologists of DNCC, and officials of health and garbage management of DNCC are taking part in the drive.
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