Save us from the mosquito menace

ONE wonders why the government service providers, particularly those that are supposed to provide the city dwellers with amenities and comfort, almost always fail to take appropriate actions at the appropriate time to meet their obligation. We are told that the anti mosquito drive of the Dhaka City South Corporation could not get off the ground due to lack of chemicals. The reason proffered is unconvincing
When such operations are a regular yearly affair carried out in a particular season of the year, every year, that the corporations should have fallen short of the ingredient to work with, defies logic. When it is a matter of health of the people, such excuse is lamentable and inexcusable. But lack of chemicals is one aspect of the issue. How does one reconcile with the fact that most of the water bodies with stagnant water, and that is where mosquitoes breed, have not been cleaned up as yet. By the own admission of a responsible person in the Corporation, the cleaning drive by the corporation should have started long ago. Why did it not?

We are happy to note that a crash drive has been launched by both the city corporations which we hope will offer some relief to the city dwellers. But it will be our expectation that more attention would be paid in future to the timely procurement of essential ingredients to fight a menace which, if not contained timely, may assume serious epidemic proportions. Timely actions by the relevant departments must be ensured and failure do so must be dealt with severely.