After the deadly wave of Coronavirus, Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) is now battling yet another big problem -- mosquito menace -- with its residents raising their eyebrows at the city authorities.
“A widespread invasion by mosquitoes has frustrated us all as it’s happening in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic and hospitals are struggling to treat patients, including those of Dengue and Covid,” said Rezaul Karim, a private company executive living in Mirpur-6 area.
Generally, he said, the mosquito population increases during summer and monsoon because of heavy rains accompanied by floodwater. “And places with rainwater are the perfect breeding grounds for mosquitoes.”
But the city dwellers are not getting relief from the mosquito infestation even in cold weather of December as the steps taken by the DNCC are said to be too inadequate.
The DNCC authorities, however, claim that they are doing everything necessary to deal with the situation.
The city dwellers in a number of areas under the DNCC alleged that the mosquitoes are spreading fast mainly due to the inability of the city corporation to destroy the breeding grounds of mosquitoes.
People cannot control the invasion of their homes by mosquitoes with just mosquito nets, coils or electric bats. Even spraying mosquito repellent does not work as a remedy, they said.