The Times of India 01.08.2012
Bangalore will be cleaned twice, daily
BANGALORE: Here is some good news for those alarmed over a possible dengue outbreak due to piling garbage mounds in the city.The BBMP on Tuesday resolved to sweep the city clean twice every day.
The additional cleaning will be taken up in the evenings.Dengue dominated discussions at the BBMP council and a resolution
was adopted according to which additional machines, trucks and garbage
carrying containers will be procured for the scaled-up cleaning
operations.Corporators expressed concern over garbage litters
all over the city.
BMP commissioner MK Shankarlinge Gowda, however,
said that it was impossible to make the city garbage free. “No city is
garbage free. Garbage cannot be wished away. We only have to find out
ways to deal with it,” he said.”Dengue is not new.
There have
been only seven deaths in Karnataka so far due to dengue. It’s a
seasonal disease and occurs every year. I admit that the BBMP has
delayed conducting awareness programmes, but we have now started the
door-to-door inspection drive People must not store fresh water in open
containers,” said the commissioner.From now on, every positive dengue patient will be provided financial support for platelet donation treatment, he added.The session witnessed several dramatic moments.
KL Thimmananjaiah,
corporator from Peenya Industrial Area, clad in black displayed a banner
against BBMP’s failure in tackling dengue.D J Halli corporator R Sampath Raj alleged that dengue originated in Thimmananjaiah’s ward.
