Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh today urged the health directorate to provide to it on time the survey reports on the presence of Aedes mosquitoes during the monsoon and pre-monsoon seasons.

"We start our work [anti-mosquito drives] on the basis of the health directorate's survey. We have already done our job as per the pre-monsoon survey, but the report was delayed much. We hope we will have the survey reports on time so that we can start our activities more effectively," he said.

He came up with the remarks while talking to reporters after taking part in a public awareness campaign to prevent the spread of dengue in the capital's Basabo.

The mayor said after reviewing the DGHS data, the DSCC has categorised several wards out 75 as red, where more than 10 dengue patients have been found in the last week.

"Now, we will conduct a daylong combing operation in those words to destroy the breeding grounds of Aedes mosquitoes. We will engage local people, schools, mosques, madrasas, house owners, owners of all establishments and all social organisations to conduct the special drive," Taposh said.

On August 23, the mayor in a programme announced that if any ward records 10 dengue cases in a week, then a special drives would be conducted there with the help of cleaning staffers and mosquito-control workers. The drives would be carried out every Saturday.

Response to a question about Marshall Agrovet, the company that alleged committed anomalies in importing BTI pesticide for the Dhaka north city, Taposh today said, "We do not import pesticides through any firm. After 2019, we started importing directly from the manufacturers as per the government policy."