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Mayor Jegan Periyasamy connected Friday said that the caller rainfall successful Thoothukudi haD caused nary large inconvenience to the public.
He made this connection during the Thoothukudi Corporation’s assembly meeting, which helium chaired connected Friday.
In his address, Mr. Periyasamy said, “ Thoothukudi precocious received dense rainfall for 3 days. However, the rainwater drained wrong an hour, preventing inconvenience to the public. There is nary h2o stagnation successful immoderate of the 60 wards.”
He added that owed to the vacant plots successful wards 2, 16 and 17, insignificant stagnation was reported connected those sites and the owners of those sites had been instructed to capable them with world to forestall aboriginal stagnation.
“To forestall mosquito breeding and wellness issues owed to stagnant water, the Corporation has sprayed disinfectants and taken preventive measures. Additional centrifugal pumps are being installed successful areas wherever h2o has stagnated, to guarantee implicit drainage and forestall akin issues during the adjacent spell of rain,” helium said.
Mr. Periyasamy observed that to guarantee that rainwater drains into the oversea without stagnation, 14 drainage pathways person been created crossed the city. “Since nary rainfall has been predicted for the adjacent 10 days, the corp is utilising the play to transportation retired patchwork and repair damaged roads,” helium noted.
Following his address, 12 resolutions were work and unanimously approved by the council.
At the gathering the assembly members besides discussed assorted issues successful their respective wads which included, due attraction of aged parks, repair of non-functioning thoroughfare lights, steps to guarantee due travel of h2o done Puckle canal and expediting the repair of damaged roads.
Responding to the concerns, Mr. Periysamy said that the Puckle canal volition beryllium widened and enactment volition commence successful January. Once completed, rainwater volition decently travel done it. Measures volition besides beryllium taken to reconstruct aged parks and a connection has been submitted for the installation of 1,188 caller streetlights, helium added.
Corporation Commissioner S. Priyanka, Deputy Mayor S. Jenitta and different officials were contiguous astatine the meeting.
