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Plan to start eateries for daily wagers

Thursday, 23 February 2012 07:08 administrator
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The Hindu       23.02.2012

Plan to start eateries for daily wagers

Staff Reporter

The Chennai Corporation wants to formalise the concept of ‘Kai yendhi bhavan' or roadside eateries. It has proposed to set up around 1,000 eateries across the city in an effort to provide quality, hygienic food to the city's floating population of 10 lakh.

“We would provide good food at low cost to daily wage labourers, autorickshaw drivers, unorganised workers, and school and college children. We would provide only breakfast and lunch. We plan to start 200 eateries on a trial basis. People running roadside eateries can also apply and we are willing to pay them wages,” Mayor Saidai S. Duraisamy told the Corporation Council on Wednesday.

The mayor said self-help group members would be roped in to prepare food and transport it to the eateries. The food would be prepared at the four community kitchens of the Corporation from where food is supplied to relief centres during the monsoons. The commodities would be procured from the Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation, he said.

 

Manual cleaning of drains, sceptic tanks prohibited

Wednesday, 04 January 2012 07:40 administrator
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The Hindu        04.01.2012

Manual cleaning of drains, sceptic tanks prohibited

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Government order lays down use of necessary equipment

in black and white: M.S.Shanmugham, Collector, giving away awareness pamphlet to Kalimuthu, Thanjavur Municipal Commissioner, and S.Shanthi, Regional Director of Municipal Administration, on Monday. Photo: M. Srinath
in black and white: M.S.Shanmugham, Collector, giving away awareness pamphlet to Kalimuthu, Thanjavur Municipal Commissioner, and S.Shanthi, Regional Director of Municipal Administration, on Monday. Photo: M. Srinath

Manual cleaning and removal of obstructions in underground drainage and sceptic tanks in both government and private buildings has been prohibited as per a government order issued recently, said M. S. Shanmugham, Collector, here on Monday.

Stern action would be taken against those who use men to clean drainages and sceptic tanks in the district under Section 14 of the Employment of Manual Scavenging and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act 1993, the Collector told presspersons. "Cleaning should be done using necessary equipment. Thanjavur Municipality has procured a Jet-rodding machine for the purpose," he said.

However, the government order permitted manual scavenging in four places where those to be used for cleaning should wear masks.

The four areas are where damaged lids on the manholes fall and obstruct the drainage, removal of obstruction in sewer lines connecting defective motors at treatment plant. "Government order aimed at preventing death due to suffocation and other dangers during cleaning,", the Collector pointed out.

He said owners of hotels, marriage halls, lodges, hospitals and industries have been directed to construct a diaphragm chamber within 15 days of receiving notice from the municipality. Diaphragm chamber is to clean the sewage water before entering the underground drainage.

"Awareness campaign is on within Thanjavur, Pattukottai and Kumbakonam Municipalities limits. Municipal Commissioners have been instructed to get undertakings from those who maintain underground drainages and take up sceptic tanks cleaning that they would use only machinery hereafter," said the Collector. S.Shanthi, Regional Director, Municipal Administration, was present.

 

New mosquito research centre soon

Tuesday, 03 January 2012 10:21 administrator
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The Hindu               03.01.2012

New mosquito research centre soon

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It will start functioning by month-end

The new Mosquito Research and Control Centre of the Chennai Corporation will start functioning by the end of January at the Communicable Diseases Hospital in Tondiarpet, announced Mayor M. Subramanian on Sunday.

Speaking at the launch of six new catamarans for mosquito control operations in Cooum River and Adyar, Mr. Subramanian said that the facility would have the support of research teams from Loyola College and Presidency College for generation of scientific data pertaining to effective mosquito control.

Chennai Corporation would also revive the scheme for mosquito control that involves participation of members of Self Help Groups in the city, he added.

The civic body has intensified mosquito control operations with 1,267 workers including the recently employed 250 malaria workers, said Mr. Subramanian. A total of 150 tonnes of unused rubber tyre that served as breeding grounds for mosquitoes has been removed from residential localities last month.

The weekly intensive fogging operations are being carried out every Friday on 3,300 km roads in the city, said Corporation Deputy Commissioner (Health) Ashish Kumar.

Six new catamarans for mosquito control operations in Cooum River and Adyar launched

 
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