Mosquito spray to be used in buses leaving Dhaka before Eid
All long-route bus operators will spray mosquito repellent inside buses leaving Dhaka before Eid-ul-Azha.
Mosquito repellent will be sprayed three times every day at four major inter-district bus terminals in Dhaka from August 6. The four terminals are: Sayedabad, Mohakhali, Phulbaria and Gulistan.
The decision was taken in a joint meeting of transport owners and workers at Dhaka Road Transport Owners Association in the capital’s Bangla Motor yesterday.
Khondaker Enayet Ullah, general secretary of the association, made the announcement at the meeting.
The decision came at a time when the dengue outbreak has taken an alarming turn in the country. After the disease reached every district in the country, health experts now fear the viral fever will spread further and faster during Eid vacation, when lakhs of people are expected to head home.
As per the decision, a dengue prevention committee will be formed at the four bus terminals.
Each terminal will buy a fogger machine to destroy Aedes mosquitoes. All the decisions will be implemented from August 6.
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