(i) Destruction of mosquito breeding grounds. Areas where mosquitoes lay eggs and larvae grow must be destroyed.
(ii) Shallow and closed water bodies are good breeding grounds for mosquitoes. Therefore, closed reservoirs have to be filled or renovated.
(iii) Mosquitoes should be destroyed by spraying insect repellants. Reducing the number of mosquitoes will reduce the spread of the disease.
(iv) Spray kerosene or petroleum or paraffin oil in the reservoir to form a layer on top of the water. This will cause the mosquito larvae and pupae to die due to lack of oxygen.
(v) Mosquitoes can lay their eggs in bushes and shrubs, so these places should be cleaned.
(vi) Fishes such as taki fish, horn fish, guppy fish, magur, tilapia, khalisa, puti, kai etc. should be cultivated in the water bodies. All these fish eat the larvae of the mosquito.
(vii) Kill mosquitoes manually and by creating traps.
(viii) Keeping the larvae as larvae for life by adding juvenile hormone to the water.
(ix) Biopesticides are made with lethal genes from Bacillus thuringiensis H-14 and Bacillus sphaericus bacteria in genetic engineering process. This biopesticide can be applied to water bodies to kill mosquito larvae extensively.
(x) Gamma radiation, chemical substances and hybridization create sterile mosquitoes and release them into nature to reduce mosquito population.
(xi) Approved insecticides should be used for mosquito control in urban areas.