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‘Namma toilets unaffected by vandalism’

Wednesday, 18 September 2013 04:45 administrator
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The Hindu             18.09.2013 

‘Namma toilets unaffected by vandalism’

Chandrakant B.Kamble,Commissioner of Municipal Administration inspecting a public convenience put up under the Namma Toilet scheme in Udhagamandalam on Tuesday.—Photo: M. Sathyamoorthy
Chandrakant B.Kamble,Commissioner of Municipal Administration inspecting a public convenience put up under the Namma Toilet scheme in Udhagamandalam on Tuesday.—Photo: M. Sathyamoorthy

The focus for implementing the Namma Toilet scheme will be to make the toilet facilities as user friendly as possible. As these toilets serve different kinds of users, by addressing all their needs, vandalism is kept under control, Commissioner of Municipal Administration, Chandrakant B. Kamble has said here on Tuesday.

He was speaking to the Hindu on the sidelines of a review meeting in which officials of 17 municipalities participated.

When it was pointed out that in a tourist centres such as Udhagamandalam, vandalism is a major source of concern as often public conveniences are targeted by vandals,, he said that it has not affected the scheme till date.

According to him, in places such as Tambaram in Chennai, these toilets are well maintained despite being used by thousands of persons many including those many who fall under the floating populationcategory.

The namma toilets will be replicated in various parts of the state and in due course of time they will put an end to open defecation and replace the existing public conveniences. Signages bearing messages in different languages relating to the use and maintenance of the toilets would be displayed prominently, he added. Later he inspected a namma toilet which had been installed recently on the Government Botanical Garden road.

To a question on the water supply situation in Coonoor, Mr. Kamble said that there was signs of improvement in the situation.

Water supply

On Monday, Mr. Kamble inspected water sources in Coonoor and the Parsons Valley Hydel Reservoir here.

Review meeting

In the review meeting, the emphasis was on tackling the plastic menace, efficiently managing solid waste and the need to prepare for activities ahead of the North East monsoon season.

. Among those present were Nilgiris Collector Archana Patnaik, the Regional Director of Municipal Administration D. Prema and the Regional Executive Engineer Thirumavallavan.

The facilities to be replicated in various parts of the state.

 

Corporation takes on mosquito menace

Tuesday, 17 September 2013 08:17 administrator
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The New Indian Express                17.09.2013

Corporation takes on mosquito menace

Chennai Corporation has been taking several steps including disilting the water bodies, removal of unused materials and cleaning the storm water drainage channels to curb mosquito menace in the city. Over 3,000 staff have been roped in for the operations.

Drainage mixed water channels, storm water drainage are the main source for breeding Culex mosquitoes. To destroy Culex mosquitoes, the Corporation had desilted the main water bodies in the city including Adyar river and Cooum River to a tune of `6.8 crore during the month of April.

An overgrowth of bushes on either side of the water bodies and water hyacinth were also removed to pave way for free flow of water.

To destroy larvae in the storm water drains and open drains, the Corporation staff are using hand fogging machines in the day time. As many as 62 fogging vehicles are pressed into service during the evening hours.

A special fogging camp have been conducted in all the 200 zones simultaneously every Tuesday between 5 am and 7 am and Thursdays between 6 pm and 8 pm through 72 rented autos.

To destroy the Anopheles and Aedes mosquitoes, which are spreading Malaria, the Corporation are treating 83,126 overhead tanks, 51,204 wells, 13,622 ground level tanks with antiseptic agents.

The Corporation has planned to distribute five lakh mosquito nets to residents living closer to waterbodies.

 

1,767 diarrhoea cases so far: Corpn.

Tuesday, 17 September 2013 05:52 administrator
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The Hindu               17.09.2013

1,767 diarrhoea cases so far: Corpn.

Staff Reporter

As many 1767 cases of ADD have been reported by 596 hospitals in the city this year, Chennai Corporation said in a press release.

According to the release, the total number of ADD cases reported in Chennai in the same period last year was 1920. The number of ADD cases reported by the 596 hospitals is 346 in August and 93 this month.

The existing data available with Chennai Corporation shows there is no need for alarm about ADD cases in the city, the release said. More than 1000 hotels in the city have been screened for unhygienic conditions in a week. Some hotels were closed for remedial measures.

At least 2.1 tonnes of unwholesome food sold in the roadsides have been destroyed every week in all the zones by a rapid action team in coordination with Food Safety and Drug Administration Department. The Chennai Corporation has been closely monitoring all infectious diseases through a surveillance unit for the past four years.

Residents are advised to drink filtered, boiled water and avoid eating unwholesome food at the roadside, the release said.

Corporation records indicate that in order to collate the data on ADD cases, the civic body relies on reports from 854 hospitals including 112 of its hospitals, 26 government hospitals and 716 known private hospitals in all the 15 zones. As many as 258 hospitals do not submit data.

 
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