Mosquito menace beyond control in port city
Residents blame authorities for inadequate measures; CCC to start special drive today
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For over three months, residents of different areas in the port city have been suffering, as the mosquito population has multiplied, reportedly due to authority s negligence to kill mosquitoes and clean their breeding spots.
Mosquito nets have become mandatory after sunset. In many areas, there are so many mosquitoes that people cannot even stay home peacefully during daytime. I cannot study in the evening because a swarm of mosquitoes keeps flying around and biting me, said Dipa Chowdhury, a third-year honour s student at Chattogram Government Women s College in Nasirabad. After the sun sets, we have to go inside our mosquito nets to save ourselves. I can t sit in my reading room, or drawing room to watch television. I ve tried many things like aerosol and mosquito racket, but nothing worked.