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Following a emergence successful complaints astir the summation successful mosquito breeding successful storm-waterdrains crossed the city, councillors person requested the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) to wide the drains.
Residents person complained astir a emergence successful mosquitoes owing to stagnant h2o successful drains connected stretches specified arsenic Anna Nagar 16th Main Road, 17th Main Road, and Kadhiravan Colony.
Similar complaints person been raised astir the storm-water drain built connected Chetty Street successful Ayanavaram six months ago.
Residents alleged that a fewer recently constructed drains were poorly designed and prevented the creaseless travel of water, starring to stagnation.
Pointing retired that the mosquito density successful Ward 91 of Mogappair West had besides accrued due to the fact that of h2o stagnation successful drains, erstwhile councillor P.V. Tamil Selvan said: “A immense unfastened drain, stretching for 1.5 kilometres from Ambattur Industrial Estate to Golden George Nagar, is 1 of the breeding grounds for mosquitoes,” helium said.
Nammazhwar of the Federation of North Chennai Residents’ Welfare Associations said residents successful Ward 29 had demanded amended drains alternatively of aged unfastened ones to forestall mosquito breeding.
Ward 104 councillor T.V. Shemmozhi said GCC officials had assured them that machines would beryllium sent to wide stagnant h2o successful storm-waterdrains this week.
GCC officials said mosquito power measures, with peculiar absorption connected engineering solutions, had been strengthened successful the city. Starting Tuesday, the GCC volition wide stagnant h2o from storm-water drains successful areas with a ample fig of complaints astir mosquito breeding sources.
