bdnews24.com :
Mosquitoes have once again beset Dhaka although the threats of Dengue and Chikungunya fever are still at bay.
Coils, sprays and even mosquito nets have fallen inadequate to provide safety from the menace in some neighbourhoods.
People from different walks of life living in Kalshi, Uttara, Badda, Bashabo, Bhashantek, and Mohammadpur complained about the nuisance when approached by bdnews24.com.
Fazlul Hoque, who runs a tea stall in Mirpur’s Kalshi, said, he needs to use mosquito coils even during day time to make customers stay.
Coils are of no use, said Firoza Begum, a housewife from Bhashantek who has not been able to have a good night’s sleep lately due to mosquitoes.
Similar accounts came from Fahmida Hoque in Uttara Sector-5 who has been battling for the last two weeks to save her infant from mosquitoes.
City dwellers have complained that measures by the city corporation
authorities were bringing no significant change. On the other hand, Dhaka South city mayor has mentioned about a ‘crash programme’ to tackle the situation.
Culex mosquitoes are the ones occupying Dhaka now which bear less risk of diseases. But type Aedes, the bearers of Dengue and Chikungunya, may grow thicker soon as untimely spells of rains swept the city in the last two days, physicians warn.
Snapshots taken by this news agency, show how drains and ditches in Hatirjheel have turned into hubs for mosquitoes to breed.
The mosquito menace even delayed a flight at the Dhaka airport lately.
On Thursday, the Malaysian Airlines flight Boeing 737-A took off two hours later than schedule from the Shahjalal airport as cabin crew had to kill the mosquitoes first.
Uttara Sector-7 dweller Atiqur Rahman said most of the drains in his neighbourhood were left without lids, as a result, risks of mosquito borne diseases have gone up.
“We live on the fourth floor and there are nets on all the windows. Still mosquitoes fly in,” he said.
Nargis Begum, a housewife living in Shanir Akhra, keeps lights on at night to save herself from the blood-suckers.
Kawsar Ahmed, a resident of Bashabo’s Kodomtola, claims that he saw no initiative lately in his neighbourhood to kill mosquitoes. “They don’t use fogger machines. It could have helped.”
“Mosquito is a common problem in winter. I live on the eighth floor and still suffering. Think about the people who live on the ground floor,” said housewife Tasrin Akhter, who lives in Shekhertek, Mohammadpur.
Dhaka North City Corporation Panel Mayor Md Osman Gani rejected the claim that there had been no initiative by the authorities.
“We are spraying insecticides. But nothing is helping,” said Md Osman Gani. “So we have decided to change our policy and take up a crash programme. It will be discussed on Tuesday.”
Dhaka South Mayor Mohammad Sayeed Khokon has claimed that the menace was less intense in Old Dhaka.
Dhanmondi, Rampura, Khilgaon and Kamrangirchar, are however, seeing swelling of the menace, he admitted.
About 70 percent of the areas in DSCC were comparatively free of the problem, he claimed.
Announcing a crash programme to start on Wednesday, he said: “We will hit one zone with workforce and machineries and clean it in a way that it remains free of mosquitoes for at least seven days.
Mosquitoes have once again beset Dhaka although the threats of Dengue and Chikungunya fever are still at bay.
Coils, sprays and even mosquito nets have fallen inadequate to provide safety from the menace in some neighbourhoods.
People from different walks of life living in Kalshi, Uttara, Badda, Bashabo, Bhashantek, and Mohammadpur complained about the nuisance when approached by bdnews24.com.
Fazlul Hoque, who runs a tea stall in Mirpur’s Kalshi, said, he needs to use mosquito coils even during day time to make customers stay.
Coils are of no use, said Firoza Begum, a housewife from Bhashantek who has not been able to have a good night’s sleep lately due to mosquitoes.
Similar accounts came from Fahmida Hoque in Uttara Sector-5 who has been battling for the last two weeks to save her infant from mosquitoes.
City dwellers have complained that measures by the city corporation
authorities were bringing no significant change. On the other hand, Dhaka South city mayor has mentioned about a ‘crash programme’ to tackle the situation.
Culex mosquitoes are the ones occupying Dhaka now which bear less risk of diseases. But type Aedes, the bearers of Dengue and Chikungunya, may grow thicker soon as untimely spells of rains swept the city in the last two days, physicians warn.
Snapshots taken by this news agency, show how drains and ditches in Hatirjheel have turned into hubs for mosquitoes to breed.
The mosquito menace even delayed a flight at the Dhaka airport lately.
On Thursday, the Malaysian Airlines flight Boeing 737-A took off two hours later than schedule from the Shahjalal airport as cabin crew had to kill the mosquitoes first.
Uttara Sector-7 dweller Atiqur Rahman said most of the drains in his neighbourhood were left without lids, as a result, risks of mosquito borne diseases have gone up.
“We live on the fourth floor and there are nets on all the windows. Still mosquitoes fly in,” he said.
Nargis Begum, a housewife living in Shanir Akhra, keeps lights on at night to save herself from the blood-suckers.
Kawsar Ahmed, a resident of Bashabo’s Kodomtola, claims that he saw no initiative lately in his neighbourhood to kill mosquitoes. “They don’t use fogger machines. It could have helped.”
“Mosquito is a common problem in winter. I live on the eighth floor and still suffering. Think about the people who live on the ground floor,” said housewife Tasrin Akhter, who lives in Shekhertek, Mohammadpur.
Dhaka North City Corporation Panel Mayor Md Osman Gani rejected the claim that there had been no initiative by the authorities.
“We are spraying insecticides. But nothing is helping,” said Md Osman Gani. “So we have decided to change our policy and take up a crash programme. It will be discussed on Tuesday.”
Dhaka South Mayor Mohammad Sayeed Khokon has claimed that the menace was less intense in Old Dhaka.
Dhanmondi, Rampura, Khilgaon and Kamrangirchar, are however, seeing swelling of the menace, he admitted.
About 70 percent of the areas in DSCC were comparatively free of the problem, he claimed.
Announcing a crash programme to start on Wednesday, he said: “We will hit one zone with workforce and machineries and clean it in a way that it remains free of mosquitoes for at least seven days.
