Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has launched an intensive comb drive across 29 wards identified as high-risk for Dengue transmission based on the findings of its recently concluded scientific survey.
DSCC Administrator Freedom Fighter Md. Abdus Salam officially inaugurated the special cleanliness and vector control campaign on Sunday, November 8, 2026, from the premises of Azimpur Government Quarters (B-Type).
Read nextParliamentary Standing Committee Directs Textbooks Delivery by December 2026 for 2027 Academic YearThe drive follows the ‘Monsoon Aedes Larva Survey 2026’, conducted from September 27 to October 8 across all 75 DSCC wards. Utilizing the digital Kobo Toolbox, 36 field workers from DSCC and the Communicable Disease Control (CDC) unit of the DGHS scientifically inspected 2,250 households. Based on Breteau, House, Container, and Pupa indices, the survey categorized 29 wards as high-risk, 28 as medium-risk, and 18 as general-risk, identifying active Aedes larvae in 322 homes.
Administrator Salam emphasized that 50.9% of larvae were found in domestic containers—including plastic buckets (14.21%), plastic drums (11.22%), basement runoff (9.98%), plastic mugs (9.23%), and flower pots (5.99%). The comb drive involves synchronized larviciding, adulticiding, canal and drain clearance, public awareness via mosques and miking, and strict mobile court prosecutions against property owners with stagnant water. Senior municipal officials, including the Chief Waste Management Officer and Chief Health Officer, attended the launch.
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