Wards to be red-marked if over 10 dengue cases reported in a week: DSCC mayor

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh on Wednesday said that the award under the city corporation will be red-marked if over 10 dengue patients are diagnosed in a week.

And, then a daylong special combing operation will be carried out in the red-marked ward to curb the mosquito menace, Taposh said.

The DSCC mayor came up with the announcement while inspecting special cleanliness and destruction works of Aedes mosquitoes’ breeding grounds in Dhaka University area this noon.

The mayor said, "From next Saturday, we are taking another special drive which is ward-based. We are going to declare those wards red-marked where more than 10 patients in a week will be detected.”

At that time, he urged the residents and the owners of buildings and establishments of those wards (red-marked) to keep their surroundings clean.

Announcing the special drive in wards 5, 22, 53 and 60 next Saturday, Taposh said, "We have found more than 10 patients in these four wards in the last one week. We will conduct a special drive in these four wards on Saturday.”

“We think we can control the Aedes mosquito completely this way. For this, locals have to be fully involved. Then our programme will be more successful," the mayor added.

Du Teachers' Association General Secretary Prof Zinat Huda, Proctor Prof Maksudur Rahman, Faculty of Arts Dean Professor Abdul Basir, Shaheed Sergeant Zahurul Haque Hall Provost Prof Md Abdur Rahim, among others, were present at that time.