, May 10 -- Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) on Sunday launched its first-ever pre-monsoon Aedes mosquito larvae survey under its own management to prevent mosquito-borne diseases dengue and chikungunya in the capital.

DSCC Administrator Abdus Salam formally inaugurated the survey programme at Buriganga Hall of Nagar Bhaban on Sunday morning.

Under the 12-day survey, a total of 2,250 houses 30 from each of DSCC's 75 wards have been selected through a randomised scientific sampling process.

A total of 36 field workers from DSCC and the Communicable Disease Control branch of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) are taking part in the survey.

To ensure accuracy in data collection, the survey teams are using the digital pl...