DNCC to launch month-long dengue prevention programme on April 22

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Md Atiqul Islam has announced to launch a month-long awareness-raising programme on April 22.

Before the beginning of the breeding season of aedes mosquito, the programme will be carried out in 54 wards, he said.

The mayor said this while addressing a coordination meeting on "conducting month-long campaign for prevention of dengue" with all ward councillors and officials concerned on a virtual platform on Wednesday, BSS reports citing an official handout.

Atiqul Islam urged all ward councillors, officials, and employees concerned to work together to implement the programme before the beginning of the breeding season of aedes mosquito to prevent dengue.

He said abandoned polythene, packets of chip and ice-cream cups, waste green coconut shells, unused vehicle tyres, commodes, and other abandoned objects, which are the most preferred breeding habitats of aedes mosquitoes, will be purchased from people with cash.
 
Anyone can collect cash by giving the aforementioned objects to the concerned ward councillor's office, he said.

Ward councillors have been given directives to purchase waste at a specific price, he added.