City dwellers under mosquito wrath, DCC fails to understand magnitude
Friday, 29 January 2010
There is nothing new in occasional proliferation of mosquito, but this time it has emerged with a greater intensity, as Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) seems to have failed to understand its magnitude, leaving the nightlife in disarray, reports UNB.
"There has been an outpouring of complaints by city dwellers in the Sanitation and Health department of DCC to deal with their woes caused by mosquitoes, but the DCC is yet to wake up," a DCC source told the news agency Wednesday.
When contacted, a number of DCC officials recognised the severity of the problem but those responsible to deal with it refused to talk to the newsmen.
"Nightlife in this densely populated mega city has become miserable due to the absence of a regular anti-mosquito drive. Annihilating mosquitoes should not be an unmanageable problem, but the DCC cannot claim that it's doing enough to tackle it," said Farzana Tahsin, mother of an SSC examinee.
When sought comments, Dr Nasim-us-Seraj, Senior Insect Control Officer of mosquito control department of DCC, declined to talk about the measures the DCC had taken to tackle the problem.
"The chief health officer may talk about mosquitoes but I do not know what he will say about flies," said Dr Seraj who is also an entomologist.
M Enamuzzaman Shahed, Administrative Officer of DCC's health department, informed that there was an office order that the DCC officers could only talk to the press about some particular things.
"There has been an outpouring of complaints by city dwellers in the Sanitation and Health department of DCC to deal with their woes caused by mosquitoes, but the DCC is yet to wake up," a DCC source told the news agency Wednesday.
When contacted, a number of DCC officials recognised the severity of the problem but those responsible to deal with it refused to talk to the newsmen.
"Nightlife in this densely populated mega city has become miserable due to the absence of a regular anti-mosquito drive. Annihilating mosquitoes should not be an unmanageable problem, but the DCC cannot claim that it's doing enough to tackle it," said Farzana Tahsin, mother of an SSC examinee.
When sought comments, Dr Nasim-us-Seraj, Senior Insect Control Officer of mosquito control department of DCC, declined to talk about the measures the DCC had taken to tackle the problem.
"The chief health officer may talk about mosquitoes but I do not know what he will say about flies," said Dr Seraj who is also an entomologist.
M Enamuzzaman Shahed, Administrative Officer of DCC's health department, informed that there was an office order that the DCC officers could only talk to the press about some particular things.