The Times of India 16.09.2014
Rs 19.37 lakh collected in fines for breaking sanitation rules
AHMEDABAD:
The health department of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has filed 197
complaints of sanitation against various restaurants and eateries in
concerned courts. The department has levied fines worth Rs 19.37 lakh
for violation of health and sanitation rules at these places in the
city.
Through mobile courts alone the corporation has collected
a fine of Rs 5.25 lakh in the city. Data released by the health
department of AMC reveals that cases of waterborne diseases, diarrhoea
and vomiting' have increased in the city and 9,012 cases have been
recorded in the first fortnight of September. Last year 9,111 cases were
recorded in September. Apart from diarrhoea, as many as 104 cases of
cholera were recorded in August in the city. However, not a single case
of cholera has been registered during this month.
In case of
vector-borne diseases, the health department has recorded 614 cases of
malaria in the last two weeks. The cases of falciparum and dengue
touched 143 in the city this month. The health department has collected
over 6 lakh blood samples from various corners of the city to test for
malaria.
The health department also conducted several raids in
September during which it collected 184 food samples of which 15 were
found to be contaminated and adulterated. AMC has served 1,299 notices
for violating hygiene norms of food items and water used in restaurants.
In the last two weeks, AMC seized 7,705 kg of adulterated food
products. The department also attended to 2,744 complaints related to
health and sanitation.
