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there are high number of Dengue deaths in Sri Lanka whereas blocked gutters with water are good breeding grounds for mosquitoes

Should have led with that, I would have read with more interest.

I could be wrong but putting mesh over gutters is already fairly common in the USA.

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Yes that's the problem. It seems to be pretty common in developed countries. But such a simple thing is not common at all in this part of the world. That's why I think there is so much to do for entrepreneurs in this part of the world

Might the problem be wealth? I don't know how things work in Sri Lanka, but as a programmer, are you not making more money than many Sri Lankans? If gutter guards are more expensive compared to an average person's income then that could help explain it.

I don't know how expensive they are here, but I'd be surprised if they were very expensive. Maybe someone else has actual data.

In that case the entrepreneurial challenge is to bring the cost down enough that people will see gutter guards as worth buying.

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