The owners of 15 houses in Dhaka north and south city corporations were fined a total of Tk 6.69 lakh after detecting Aedes mosquito larvae yesterday.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) imposed fine of Tk 6.25 lakh on the owners of nine buildings after detecting Aedes mosquito larvae at their residences. Five mobile courts conducted operations in DNCC area yesterday as part of the city corporation’s month long combing operation to eliminate Aedes.

As part of the combing operation, DNCC officials visited 261 houses yesteday and detected Aedes mosquito larvae at 18 houses.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) fined the owners of six buildings Tk 44, 000 due to existence of Aedes mosquito larvae at their houses.