While mosquitoes bite….
We are facing the mosquito menace for the last couple of weeks. The number of cases of dengue fever and its deadlier form has increased considerably in the city. If you take statistics from the diagnostic labs, you can easily see the worsening situation in Dhaka. The DCC administration seems to be asleep. People have got apathy. The media is busy with BNP's internal clashes on the eve of its conference. Who will care for us? It seems that the mayor is not getting the BNP nomination for the upcoming mayoral election, so he just remains insensitive to mosquitoes.
The AL being in power has got something to do to mitigate the sufferings of the city dwellers. But it's not the case. Probably they are trying to capitalize on Mr. Khoka's failure to deliver goods to the Dhakaites. But it is beyond explanation why the media remains blind. Is it a problem of prioritization of news? Preoccupied with some stereotyped news? Or do they think that readers will not rate high any news that directly affect themselves? We expect from your daily an in-depth, probing report regarding mosquito containing programmes of DCC and what they are actually doing and who are responsible for not taking measures to contain mosquitoes and where does the money earmarked for mosquito control go? Is our incumbent mayor waiting for children to start dying from dengue?
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