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Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) on Tuesday conducted a mosquito eradication drive in the Adabar area and fined three under-construction buildings Tk 150,000 after finding larvae of Aedes.
Executive Magistrate of the DNCC Md. Abdur Rafiul Alam conducted the drive at Ward No. 30 under Region-05 of the corporation on Tuesday at noon.
During the anti-mosquito operation, the DNCC conducted drives in houses, commercial buildings under-construction buildings and vacant plots.
During the drive, the Executive magistrate visited at least 50 houses.
Besides, the Executive Magistrate of Region-2 of the DNCC Syema Hasan also conducted a mosquito eradication operation in the Rupnagar residential area of Mirpur under Region-2.
Aedes larvae were found in three houses during the drive and owners of the three houses were fined Tk 11,000.
Meanwhile, other regions’ Regional Executive Officers of the corporation also conducted mosquito eradication operations in their respective area and Assistant Health Officers visited ten regions of DNCC to make people aware of dengue by distributing leaflets.