The budget
for mosquito eradication in the Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) has increased
nearly fivefold in a single year.
New equipment
has been purchased, and the workforce has been expanded. Yet, the dominance of
mosquitoes in the city has not decreased; instead, the dengue situation is
taking a turn for the worse.
Out of the
city’s 41 wards, the health department has already identified eight wards as
highly vulnerable “dengue hotspots”. Experts point out that the inability to
c...
