The database will help DNCC to monitor the situation later when it will be needed. The app was created by Brigadier General Amirul Islam, Chief Engineer of DNCC.
Earlier, several combing operations were conducted in five wards from May 16 till before the Eid-ul-Fitr at wards 1, 6, 12, 18 and 32. At that time, 9,463 houses/places were inspected and Aedes mosquito larvae were found at 187 of them.
Along with the combing operation, a mobile court headed by the regional executive officer and executive magistrates of the DNCC will be conducted.
The mobile court on ‘Aedes mosquito control’ project started operations on May 10 at the DNCC. The court has fined Tk 426,300 to different house owners till Tuesday.
Bangladesh had a massive dengue outbreak last year when 101,354 people were hospitalised. Of them, 101,037 made full recovery. According to official figures, the mosquito-borne disease killed 179 people last year.
The Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives on May 14 allocated Tk 30.63 crore for the city corporations and the municipalities to fight coronavirus and dengue.
DNCC has also started free dengue tests from May 11.
Experts warned that the capital city may witness even a worse outbreak of dengue this year as the presence of Aedes mosquitoes is very high in the early days of spring.
DNCC Mayor Atiqul Islam urged the ward councillors and dwellers of DNCC to support and assist the combing operation to prevent the dengue crisis.