2024-09-22 23:40:27
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Administrator Md. Mahmudul Hassan.
On Saturday (September 21), he visited the B Block area of Mirpur Section-6 of the capital and inspected the mosquito eradication and cleaning activities.
Addressing the mosquito workers and cleaners, the DNCC administrator said that in addition to regular spraying of mosquito repellants to control dengue, the places where Aedes larvae breed should be cleaned. If the health department, waste management department and engineering department work together, dengue outbreak control will be possible. A monitoring team consisting of officers from various departments is properly monitoring mosquito control activities in each region. Involve others including students. Everyone should be made aware of what to do to control dengue.
Addressing the city dwellers, Mahmudul Hasan said, our workers clean the surroundings of houses and sprinkle medicine. But, it is not possible for our workers to work indoors. So, keep your house clean. Refrigerator, AC, flower tub, unused tires, can shells, open packets of chips, open containers of various types, roof or anywhere else should be carefully observed so that water does not accumulate.
On the third day of the week-long special anti-mosquito program, public awareness and anti-mosquito activities were conducted simultaneously in all 10 regions of DNCC. DNCC Chief Executive Officer Mir Khairul Alam along with other senior officers visited the activities on the ground in various areas. Students also participated in DNCC’s week-long public awareness program.
It should be noted that Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has started a week-long special mosquito control program in all wards of DNCC from Thursday (September 19) to control dengue. This special program will continue till September 25.
This program is being conducted simultaneously in 54 wards of Dhaka North City Corporation. The waste management department and the engineering department are working in coordination with the health department in special pest control activities. In the existing situation, fogging and larviciding activities are being conducted around the houses of dengue patients by collecting their addresses from the Dhaka North City Corporation Health Directorate. Also, during the year, Assistant Health Officers are directly contacting the addresses of dengue patients received from the Department of Health by telephonically to ensure awareness counseling and pesticide application. In addition to insecticide application, distribution of leaflets and stickers with messages on Aedes mosquito control, miking, rallies and advocacy meetings have been organized throughout the year.
The week-long special mosquito eradication program divides each ward into different sub-blocks by visiting all the houses in each block, identifying breeding sites of Aedes mosquitoes and applying pesticides and destroying them. A central monitoring team consisting of senior officers of DNCC has been constituted for each region to supervise the week-long special mosquito control activities conducted at the field level. The Chief Health Officer is acting as the Chief Coordinator of the Central Monitoring Teams constituted to oversee the special mosquito control activities.