Staff Reporter :
Mobile courts have fined owners of nine buildings after Aedes mosquito larvae were found on their buildings’ premises.
The mobile courts led by Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) executive magistrates fined them Tk 2.28 lakh during drives in the capital’s Nayapaltan, Segunbagicha, Topkhana, Dhanmondi and Jatrabari areas on Monday.
“The mobile courts found Aedes breeding grounds at nine buildings during the drives, and later fined the owners ” said Uttam Kumar Roy, Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the DSCC.
The buildings where Aedes larvae were found included Eastern View in Nayapaltan and an under-construction site of S Farm in Dhanmondi, he said.
The DSCC will also conduct cleanliness drive led by Mayor Sayeed Khokon at Dhaka Medical College Hospital premises including its emergency unit tomorrow, the official added.
The city corporation has been conducting drives across the city to destroy breeding grounds of Aedes mosquito, which is the carrier of the virus causing dengue fever. On Monday, the DSCC’s mobile courts inspected a total of 225 buildings in the city’s five areas. A total of 58,748 buildings in the areas were inspected so far and the owners and residents were asked to stay alert and ensure cleanliness to prevent Aedes mosquitos from breeding on the premises of their establishments.
Members of Bangladesh Scouts have also visited 1,11,000 houses to destroy Aedes larvae and breeding grounds.
“The ongoing cleanliness and awareness building campaign by DSCC and scouts and the drives by DSCC’s mobile courts will continue,” said Uttam Kumar Roy.
