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Intensive sanitation drive till November 3

Special Correspondent

COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore Corporation has begun an intensive sanitation drive as part of the State-wide Clean Environment for Better Health campaign for a week. It will be carried out till November 3, the Commissioner, P. Muthuveeran, said.

The emphasis was on reducing breeding of mosquitoes by eliminating breeding sources such as stagnant water. Priority would be given to public places such as buildings of the Public Works Department and also Government and private schools and colleges. Corporation staff would visit these areas to detect sources of breeding and educate the people on the need to eliminate them. Inaction by any of these establishments that caused health hazard would attract action under the Tamil Nadu Public Health Act of 1939.

Another focus of the drive was to prevent water logging, especially with the monsoon having set in. Drainage canals would be desilted to prevent stagnation. The silt removed would be cleared immediately by engaging more vehicles. "Our staff will work on Sunday also," the City Health Officer, M. Thangaraj, said.

A control room would function at the Corporation zonal offices for the public to pass on information about problems in their areas. The public can contact the Assistant Commissioners of the zones on the following numbers: East Zone-2572696/2577056, West Zone-2551700, North Zone-2213133 and South Zone-2215618.

School students and teachers and National Service Scheme volunteers would be involved in spreading awareness on sanitation, especially prevention of mosquito breeding. Sumps and tanks in the houses would be inspected during a door-to-door drive. If safe storage was not practiced even after sensitisation, action would be taken against those who allowed mosquitoes to breed in their buildings, the Commissioner said. The City Health Officer said that dengue prevention measures over the last two years had brought down mosquito density.

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