Dhaka, Aug. 19 -- Mobile courts of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) in separate drives on Monday fined nine building owners and Partex Group a total of Tk 4.28 lakh upon finding larvae of dengue virus-carrying Aedes mosquito on their premises in different parts of the city.

The DSCC conducted drives in 225 buildings in Nayapaltan, Segunbagicha, Topkhana, Dhanmondi and Jatrabari areas of the city.

The two Dhaka city corporations are mainly asking for residents' cooperation in vector control - by cutting down on conditions that allow mosquitoes to breed.

Vector control is any method to limit or eradicate the mammals, birds, insects or other arthropods (here collectively called "vectors") which t...