News Today            01.11.2013

City Corp to distribute mosquito mosquito nets for poor 

Chennai: Chennai Corporation will start distributing mosquito nets in the city for the poor from next week, Mayor Saidai Duraisamy said here on thursday.

Early this year, the Corporation had decided to provide the nets to people residing near city's waterways as part of efforts to tackle the mosquito menace. This step is likely to benefit over 70,000 Below Poverty Line residents.

The Mayor said distribution of the nets would begin by next week.

Appropriate action has been taken against 23917 complaints received through e-mail, he added. Earlier, DMK councillors were evicted after the Speaker declined their plea to raise the reported prevalence of dengue in the city.