The Times of India            28.12.2013 

Mosquito nets for all BPL families

CHENNAI: All families below poverty line (BPL) will be provided with mosquito nets, mayor Saidai S Duraisamy announced on Friday. The scheme was earlier offered only to families living water bodies.

The mayor said 50 lakh mosquito nets would be distributed at an estimated 8.45 crore. "The scheme will benefit those families in the city who cannot afford mosquito nets," said Duraisamy. The corporation has started the first phase of distributing free mosquito nets.

The thousands of migrant labourers in the city live in unhygienic shelters, making them vulnerable to malaria, dengue and other vector-borne diseases. The mosquito menace is particularly severe in places along the Cooum and Adyar rivers.