The Hindu 21.07.2011
Shifting of water pipelines begins
The Kerala Water Authority (KWA) has started shifting drinking water supply pipelines passing through drainages as part of controlling the outbreak of monsoon-related diseases in the district.
A meeting of the officials of the Departments of Health, Water Resources and the Municipality called by District Collector K.V. Mohan Kumar here on Monday had decided to take urgent steps to control the outbreak of cholera and other water-borne diseases reported from different parts of the district in the last one month.
The shifting of the 80 mm pipeline taking water from the bore wells at Kalmandapam in the town to the KWA sump was started on Wednesday. The 110 mm pipeline at K.T.C Junction in Pudussery has been replaced. The water from Malampuzha is supplied through this pipeline to Kannode, Panamgad and Kanjikode areas of Pudussery grama panchayat.
The pipelines passing through the drainage lines at the municipal bus stand in the town was repaired and cleaned.
At 32 centres such repairing and cleaning of pipeline were going on, KWA officials said.
Diseases
According to the District Medical Officer, 1,710 cases of fever, 263 cases of dysentery, six cases of typhoid, and one case each of dengue fever and rat fever were reported in the district.
The dengue case was reported from Parali and the rat fever case from Kozhijampara. A malaria case each was reported from Kunisseri, Pirayiri and Tholannur.
Health Department had confirmed two cases of cholera in the district last Friday.
So far in July, 19,041 cases of fever were reported from the district. H1N1 cases were reported from the Kallekkad KAP Camp last week.
As part of the sanitation programme, regular inspection of food sold in hotels, roadside shops and cool bars began on Tuesday. In the raids huge quantity of stale and adulterated food items were seized by the inspection team of the Palakkad municipality on Tuesday and Wednesday.
A total sanitation programme in the slum areas of the town is being taken up by the municipality. Under the programme, community toilets will be constructed.
