The Bangladesh government is planning to enlist the services of the air force in the soon-to-be-launched operation to rid Dhaka of mosquitoes. But environmentalists are up in arms about the controversial project in which larvicide will be sprayed on the insects from helicopters (see: 'Pest purge plan', February 15, 2003 [2]). In fact, they are set to take to the streets to protest against the aerial offensive.
The air raids
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/aerial-raids-mosquitos
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/full6.asp%3Ffoldername%3D20030215%26amp%3Bfilename%3DMisc%26amp%3Bsec_id%3D49%26amp%3Bsid%3D11
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/pinaki-roy
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/down-earth
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bangladesh
