Mosquito menace – DNCC to follow US model: mayor
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Dhaka North City Corporation has started a programme to kill mosquitoes using a method that is used in the US, said DNCC Mayor Atiqul Islam.
“We saw in Miami how they kill mosquitoes there. We spread chemicals all through the year. However, in Miami, they identify the type of mosquitoes first and then decide which medicine to use against it,” he said at a press briefing in the capital’s Gulshan yesterday to share the experience of his recent US visit.
Last month, a 20-member team of DNCC led by Atiqul visited Florida as part of US’s CLDP Consultation Trip.
“Establishing a lab is time consuming. So, we are working on starting our lab with Jahangirnagar University,” he added.
“Like Miami, we will have a public relations team which will conduct the mosquito-killing awareness programme. Specially, it will stress on raising awareness among school students and various societies…,” the mayor said, emphasising the need to incorporate chapters on mosquito-killing awareness in school textbooks.
Law Minister Anisul Huq, who was present as the chief guest, and US Ambassador to Dhaka Peter Haas, the special guest, also spoke at the event.
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