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Mosquitoes come from outside Dhaka!

By Staff Correspondent
DCC's zonal officials said ’Ineffectiveness’ of pesticide has given way to sudden mos quite menace in the city.
The officials responsible lor spraying both adulttcide and larvicide said the current lot of pesticide could not kill the vector
However DCC's Health Department officials denied the
allegation. They said on receiving the allegations they carried out repeal eel tests with the pesticide and the results were sat tsfactory
Convenor of the DCC's Mosquito Control Committee. Kamal Chowdhury, said the current dry spell has given rise to mosquitoes. He said the DCC teams were constantly spraying
pesticide
"This is high time for mosquito breeding. Within a week the situation will become normal."
"All around Dhaka you can find hundreds of places with stagnant water, the current rise Is because mosquitoes are coming from outside Dhaka." said Kamal
Health Department officials and the members of the DCC's Mosquito Control Committee said they suspected ’foul play' by zone level staff of the DCC. They said field level staff of the mosquito control programme are taking advantage of lack of monitoring. They also said that the alleged 'ineffectiveness' of the pesticide has been fabricated as the supplier of the pesticide refused to look after’ the zone level officials.
But officials of several zones in the city said they were constantly facing public wTath as the number of mosquitoes was rising alarmingly despite intense spraying of pesticide.
The money spent for buying the pesticide ana running such a big department is a total waste. The programme is a total failure, and the huge amount of pesticide is causing a lot of damage to our environment." said a DCC official, requesting anonymity. He added that the government should rather use the money to eradicate the mosquito breeding sources from the city.
DCC has about 600 people working in Ihe field level with a budgel of more than Tk 13 crore lor the mosquito control programme. Chief health officer of DCC Dr Ashraf Uddin said 110.000 (l.lOlakh) litres of adulticide and 13.000 litres of larvicide have been spread since October In the city.
"We’ve Identified about 2.000 possible mosquito breeding places in the city and there Is constant move to clean up those ditches, ponds and low lying areas.’ said Dr Ashraf.