Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) found Aedes larvae in 153 houses and establishments and fined Tk 250,000 on Wednesday, the fifth day of its combing operation.
Earlier, DNCC launched a '10-day combing operation' on June 06 to prevent the breeding of Aedes mosquito responsible for dengue fever.
The drive runs from 10:00am to 1:00pm every day, excluding Friday.
During the operation, mobile courts levied fines on the owners of the houses and establishments in 14 cases as they found Aedes larvae there.
A total of 13,462 houses, establishments and under-construction buildings in 54 wards were inspected and Aedes larvae were found in 153 of them.
In addition, a total of 9,258 structures had a suitable environment for the breeding of Aedes mosquito.
Those areas were cleaned by DNCC cleaners. Workers also used mosquito repellents.
Owners of other homes also were warned.
Aedes larvae were found in abandoned tyre, bucket, flower tub, bottle, water meter, garage, water house, earthenware pot, broken mug, house floor, water tank, plastic container and roof drain.
The larvae were also spotted in yoghurt pot, abandoned commode, coconut shell, pot, basement and space between two houses.
A total of 67,592 houses, establishments and under-construction buildings under 54 wards were inspected in fifth days from June 06 and Aedes larvae were found in 854 places.
In 46,801 houses and establishments, a suitable environment for Aedes mosquito breeding was available.
Besides, Tk 436,000 has been realised in fines in the past five days.
Pesticides were sprayed on breeding grounds and the city-dwellers asked to be vigilant to Aedes.
Under the ongoing campaign, every ward has been divided into 10 sectors with 10 subsectors each to help facilitate the campaign.
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