The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) on Monday (July 12) found Aedes mosquito larvae at 87 houses and establishments on the ninth day of its combing operation to protect the city dwellers from dengue.
The mobile courts led by DNCC filed 19 cases and fined the establishments Tk 207,400.
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 13,031 houses, establishments and under-construction buildings and found the presence of Aedes larvae at 87 of them on Monday.
During the drives, the DNCC inspected a total of 119,043 houses, establishments and under-construction buildings, and found larvae of Aedes mosquito at 850 of them.
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