NAMAKKAL: Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage (TWAD) Board will begin the Under Ground Drainage (UGD) works for the Namakkal Municipality shortly, Collector G. Sundaramurthi said.

Addressing a press conference here on Friday, the Collector said tenders for the project were being processed and the work would begin in the town shortly. The project would be carried out at an estimated cost of Rs. 18.8 crore.

A sewage treatment plant would be set up in 32-acre land identified in Vettambadi. About 59,000 people in the town would benefit from the project, he said.

Mr. Sundaramurthi further said the district administration had brought Chikungunya outbreak under control with the help of intense preventive measures.

He said the Chikungunya was first reported in the Senthamangalam special panchayat and later it spread to several parts in the district. Following intense preventive measures, the report of fresh Chikungunya cases in the district had come down over the last three weeks. Over 600 new cases were reported in a day in the first and second weeks of June. The number of fresh cases had started to come down in the third week of June. On July 6 only 126 new Chikungunya cases were reported in the entire district, the Collector said.

About 76 medical camps were conducted so far to treat people affected by chikungunya. Co-ordination committee meetings were held and officials of all departments were asked to co-operate with the health department to undertake preventive measures. The health officials had sprayed mosquito repellents and undertaken anti-larval exercises. The district administration had also involved school children and volunteers of various organisations in emptying water stored in containers like coconut shells, unused tyres and various types of plastic containers, which served as breeding ground for mosquitoes. The officials also educated people about the disease. Officials also asked private tanker water suppliers to chlorinate water before distributing it. Mr. Sundaramurthi also said he was visiting villages in all blocks in the district and listening to the grievances of the people personally.

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