Intensify dengue control efforts, HC orders authorities

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The High Court (HC) on Tuesday passed an order, asking authorities concerned to take effective steps to control dengue across the country.

A High Court division bench of Justice Fahmida Quader and Justice Mubina Asaf passed the order after holding a hearing on a writ petition filed in this regard. The court asked to execute the order and submit a report within the next 30 days.

The court also asked to form a high-powered committee to adopt long term planning to check dengue in the country. It also issued a rule, asking concerned authorities to reply as to why it shall not declare illegal their failure in checking dengue.

“Already more than 350 people have died of dengue and the total number of dengue cases crossed 72 thousand this year. This is official statistics, the unofficial number is far higher. We drew the court’s attention to this. The court in its observation said more attention from the government’s part is needed to control dengue,” Barrister Mahin M Rahman, who moved a petition before court, told newsmen.