After a long delay, the City Corporation has launched its programme
to ward off mosquitoes in the city. A budget announcement, ‘Bye-Bye
Mosquito’, planned to be executed during the pre-monsoon cleaning drive,
was inaugurated by Mayor K Chandrika at Thavalode Junction in
Sreevarahom ward in the city on Wednesday.
In the first phase, it
is being launched in 40 wards of the Corporation and the Kudumbashree
Cleanwell workers, who have been trained for this work, will carry out
spraying activities in the households. In each ward, three workers will
be deployed and a household is expected to give Rs 5 for each spraying.
During
the inaugural function, the Mayor said that the project would be
extended to more wards later. Deputy Mayor G Happykumar presided over.
Health
Standing Committee chairperson S Pushpalatha welcomed the gathering.
Welfare Standing Committee chairman Palayam Rajan, Works Standing
Committee chairman V S Padmakumar, Tax Appeal Standing Committee
chairman Syam Kumar, Education Standing Committee chairperson K S Sheela
and councillors S Vijayakumar and B Rajendran were also present.
