The Hindu     14.01.2015 

Thuraiyur municipality intensifies anti-dengue measures

Municipal officials launching anti-dengue measures at the municipal office in Thuraiyur in Tiruchi.— Photo: A. Muralitharan

The Thuraiyur municipal authorities have intensified precautionary measures to check incidence of dengue in the town. Pamphlets were distributed among members of the public under a door-to-door campaign during the fifth phase of the awareness drive launched in the town,” municipal authorities said.

A large number of waste tyres and tubes were seized from parcel offices and heavy vehicle workshops. Anti-larva measures have been taken up in all the 24 wards in the town, the sources said. As several houses have underground sumps for storing water, steps have been take to educate people on the need to keep them closed at all times to prevent incidence of dengue,” sources said.