Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Atiqul Islam said the DNCC councilors will get Tk 50,000 per month to create public awareness to control dengue.
"We have taken such initiatives in an effort to make people aware by discussing with the elders of the area, school teachers, madrasas, mosques and temples," he said at an awareness campaign to prevent dengue at Kuril Pragati Sarani in the capital on Monday (May 6).
Councilors will work with the people as per our instructions. At the same time, eradicating the Aedes mosquitos on the one hand, and protecting the trees planted by the city corporations on the other are all our challenges.
If the people are aware and cooperate with us, no challenge will seem a challenge to us. If we clean our own offices, shops, houses, Aedes mosquitos will not breed.
Atiqul Islam also said, "We have to keep our houses and our own places clean. Councilors will make people aware about the accumulation of Aedes mosquito larvae in containers or in some places.
Responding to a question, he said, "We have seen that water accumulates in different places whenever it rains. One is waterlogging and the other is water congestion. Water stagnates for three days, four days, that is waterlogging. And where the water will accumulate but go down, it is water congestion. We have formed a Quick Response Team to resolve the water crisis.
Earlier, water was accumulated in the North City Corporation area, but there was no water logging for two or three days. If the water stagnates, the time it takes for the water to move away should be given.
Meanwhile, the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has again warned of strict steps to control dengue. In the past years, financial fines were imposed if Aedes mosquito larvae were found in any house and institution. This time, the DNCC Mayor warned of fines as well as cases and jail sentences. It will be effective from the 27th of December, he said. While inaugurating the DNCC's month-long awareness campaign to prevent dengue at Road No. 7 of Rupnagar Residential Area on Monday Mayor Atiqul Islam said, from December 27, if Aedes mosquito larvae are found in any house or office, jail and fine will be imposed.
He also said that if larvae are found in government offices, the person in charge of that office will be sued and fined. If larvae are found in any office of my city corporation, a case will be filed against the officer of that office.
"I want to send a clear message," the mayor said. There will be lawsuits, jails, fines and the amount of fine will increase a lot. We have already asked the local government to provide more magistrates.
