Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) found Aedes larvae in 138 houses and establishments and fined Tk 509,500 on Saturday on the eighth day of its combing operation.
During the operation, mobile courts levied fines on the owners of the houses and establishments in 26 cases as they found Aedes larvae there.
A total of 13,489 houses, houses, establishments and under-construction buildings in 54 wards were inspected and Aedes larvae were found in 138 of them.
In addition, a total of 8,566 structures had 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.
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 10:00 am to 1:00 pm every day.
A total of 107,628 houses, establishments and buildings under construction in 54 wards were inspected in eight days from June 6 to date and Aedes mosquito larvae were found in 1,269 of them.
And in 74,309 houses and establishments, a suitable environment for Aedes mosquito breeding was available.
Besides, a total fine of Tk 1.557 million was realised in last eight 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 and each sector into 10 sub sectors to help facilitate the campaign.
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