The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) on Saturday (July 11) found Aedes mosquito larvae at 113 houses and establishments on the seventh day of its combing operation to protect the city dwellers from dengue.
The mobile courts led by DNCC filed 14 cases and fined the establishments Tk 2,13,800.
The drive was conducted in Uttara, Mirpur, Mohakhali, Kawran Bazar, Harirampur, Dakshinkhan, Uttarkhan, Vatara and Satarkul areas.
During the second phase of drive that started on July 4, the DNCC inspected 13,491 houses, establishments and under-construction buildings and found the presence of Aedes larvae at 113 of them on Saturday.
During the drives, the DNCC inspected 92,931 houses, establishments and under-construction buildings, and found larvae of Aedes mosquito at 667 of them.
