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Owing to a emergence successful complaints astir vector borne diseases and zoonotic diseases successful the city, Chennai Corporation Council connected Friday passed a solution delegating powers to the Chief Vector Control Officer (CVCO) to procure larvicides and adulticides to control mosquitoes and assignment of further entomologists for prevention of the dispersed of malaria, dengue, chikungunya, filariasis, encephalitis, scrub typhus and leptospirosis.
The CVCO has been empowered to procure larvicides and adulticides and fogging machines, sprayers. The GCC has besides delegated powerfulness to the CVCO to capable vacancies to assorted posts including malaria power workers nether compassionate grounds. The CVCO volition besides person powers to transportation workers successful the GCC zones for improving vector power operations.
The CVCO volition commencement acquisition of larvicides temephos 50% E.C., mosquito larvicide lipid and biolarvicide and insecticides pyrethrum 2% extract, malathion method 95% grade, propoxur E.C., propoxur granules, lemongrass oil, vector power kits, fogging machines, sprayers and accessories.
The GCC Council connected Friday passed different solution to name entomologists astatine the determination offices of Chennai Corporation for strengthening mosquito power and pest power crossed the city.
At a gathering conducted connected February 7, Chennai Corporation Commissioner J.Kumaragurubaran suggested the assignment of elder entomologists successful each portion of Chennai Corporation. The Regional Entomologists volition taxable reports to the determination lawman commissioners astir malaria, dengue, chikungunya, filariasis, encephalitis, scrub typhus and leptospirosis and instrumentality measures to beforehand nationalist wellness successful affected zones. The Regional Entomologists volition get inspection vehicles with drivers, information introduction operators and bureau assistants to fortify vector power successful the city.
Pointing to the relation played by the Vector Control department, the civic assemblage has announced that vacancies volition beryllium filled to survey insects and their enactment with the residents of the metropolis to forestall vector borne diseases and zoonotic diseases. Currently, determination are 181 vacancies successful the station of basal wellness workers. A full of 1142 imperishable malaria power workers person been employed by the Chennai Corporation and 2450 workers person been hired temporarily. The workers volition sojourn 17 lakh houses and residential areas to forestall breeding of mosquitoes and power zoonotic diseases.
