People should become more aware about dengue and work collectively to destroy the breeding grounds of its germ carrier Aedes mosquito, speakers at a meeting said yesterday.
National Professor Dr MR Khan said Aedes mosquitoes stay in pots or containers in and around houses, which the city corporation staff cannot clean.
He emphasised that all should avoid blaming others and perform respective duties.
Addressing the advisory committee meeting on dengue as the chief guest, Syed Modasser Ali, primer minister's health adviser, urged the Dhaka City Corporation to hold such meeting towards the end of May so that the awareness campaign begins earlier. The DCC organised the meeting at Nagar Bhaban.
Ruling party lawmaker Kobori Sarwar criticised the mayor, saying he has failed to control the spread of mosquito in the city although money is being spent for it.
She said a minister's house is just behind hers in Gulshan, but DCC workers spray mosquito killing chemical in his house not in hers. If it happens to her, what about the common people, she asked.
Chairing the meeting, Mayor Sadeuque Hossain Khoka said his organisation has only 8,000 cleaners while it needs 20,000 people to clean the whole city.
Actor Ilias Kanchan, Urban expert Prof Nazrul Islam, lawmaker Habibur Rahman Mollah, filmmaker Chashi Nazrul Islam, Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury, DCC Chief Executive Officer Abul Kalam Azad and Chief Health Officer Md Nasir Uddin, and a number of councillors also spoke at the meeting.
Source : The Daily Star
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