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129-kg meat seized from many stalls in Tuticorin

Monday, 20 December 2010 05:03 administrator
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The Hindu        20.12.2010

129-kg meat seized from many stalls in Tuticorin

Staff Reporter

Tuticorin: As many as 129 kg of meat products that were being sold under unhygienic conditions were seized from various stalls here on Sunday during surprise raids conducted by a team of officials led by Collector C.N. Maheswaran.

Some of the meat stall owners did not possess license as well.

Several teams, comprising officials from the Departments of Animal Husbandry, Health and Corporation, conducted the raids on 70 meat shops throughout the town and confiscated meat products from 31 stalls.

The raids were conducted to pre-empt outbreak of disease due to consumption of meat sold under unhygienic conditions more so after the rainy season, the Collector said.

Dr. Maheswaran has also issued a warning to the meat stall owners and butchers to follow norms while slaughtering the animal.

Even after slaughter, proper seal markings should be made visible for consumers. Such formalities should be rigorously followed by meat stall owners and butchers, he said.

The seized products were destroyed.

A.D. Bosco, Health Officer, Corporation, and officials and workers from the civic body accompanied Dr. Maheswaran.

 

Emergency obstetric care centres opening soon

Wednesday, 15 December 2010 06:39 administrator
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The Hindu  15.12.2010

Emergency obstetric care centres opening soon

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— Photo: V.Ganesan

Status check: Mayor M. Subramanian at the construction site of an emergency obstetric care centre in Pulianthope on Tuesday.

CHENNAI: Five emergency obstetric care centres of the Chennai Corporation will be inaugurated next month, said Mayor M. Subramanian.

Inspecting the construction work of an emergency obstetric care centre in Pulianthope on Tuesday, Mr. Subramanian said construction of seven such facilities were under way at a cost of Rs.15 crore.

Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin would inaugurate the centres at Adyar, Sanjeevaroyanpet, Ayanavaram, Shenoy Nagar and Mirsahibpet next month. The other centres would be opened later.

The Rs.230-lakh facility coming up in Venkatratnam Nagar in Adyar would have 30 beds and an operation theatre.

The work on the 20-bed centre on Solaiappan Street, Sanjeevaroyanpet, is being constructed at a cost of Rs.108 lakh.

The centre in Vadapalani is being modernised with 35 beds at a total cost of Rs.150 lakh. The 25-bed facility at Ayanavaram is being constructed at a cost of Rs.134.9 lakh. The Rs.124-lakh facility at Shenoy Nagar would have 27 beds. The centres would have an immunisation treatment room, pharmacy, magnavision room, scan room, waiting, neonatal unit and operation theatre and adequate parking space.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 15 December 2010 06:40
 

Fumigation not enough to kill adult mosquitoes

Tuesday, 14 December 2010 05:47 administrator
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The Deccan Chronicle  14.12.2010

Fumigation not enough to kill adult mosquitoes

Dec. 13: With adult mosquitoes buzzing around happily even after fumigation, the Chennai corporation’s battle against the health menace has come a cropper. Health officials of the corporation are now awaiting the expert advice from Indian Council of Medical Research to control breeding of mosquitoes.

The corporation commissioner, Mr D. Karthikeyan, said though larvae and young mosquitoes die during fogging, the adults had developed resistance to drugs. “To control larvae breeding, intensified fumigation is carried out on a regular basis,” he said. “Besides, daily fogging is also done in the areas prone to mosquito menace.”

However, these strategies have not had much effect. Corporation officials are also disappointed at the lack of public participation in fighting against the mosquito menace. “Around 40 percent of mosquito breeding can be arrested if the public destroys the temporary breeding sources for mosquitoes such as tyres, coconut shells, and plastic vessels that are found lying in residential areas,” said an official.

A senior biologist of the state forest department said the ecological imbalance in Chennai was also a reason for the mosquito menace. “Frogs and several species of fishes have become extinct from Cooum and Buckhingham canal,” he said. “They feed on mosquito larvae and their absence allows the larvae population to surge.”

Meanwhile, the commissioner said he would also consider alternative procedures for studying mosquito density in the city.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 14 December 2010 05:49
 
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