Thoothukudi Mayor flooded with complaints about mosquito menace

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Mayor N.P. Jegan and officials astatine  the reappraisal  gathering  successful  Thoothukudi connected  Monday.

Mayor N.P. Jegan and officials astatine the reappraisal gathering successful Thoothukudi connected Monday. | Photo Credit: N. RAJESH

Mayor Jegan Periyasamy, who chaired a gathering successful the Corporation connected Monday to reappraisal the ongoing mosquito eradication workout here, urged wellness officials to accelerate the enactment to destruct mosquito breeding grounds.

Mr. Jegan said helium was being flooded with complaints pertaining to mosquito menace and the Corporation’s nonaccomplishment to destruct mosquito breeding grounds earlier the onset of northeast monsoon. The caller showers, which did not person an adverse interaction connected the public, caused h2o stagnation successful vacant plots successful wards 2, 16 and 17, each owned by individuals. However, the h2o stagnation successful the plots were drained immediately.

Even though lipid balls and anti-mosquito chemicals were being utilized by the Corporation, lone 50% of the contented had been solved and, hence, the municipality civic assemblage had to accelerate its cognition successful hitherto uncovered areas with fumigation being done by vehicle-mounted and hand-held equipment. Around 250 anti-dengue workers had been deployed to sojourn the houses and operation sites to place the mosquito breeding grounds, if any.

Steps had been taken to region the integrative discarded generated successful matrimony halls, and scrap yards had been instructed to region the discarded immediately.

While claiming that nary dengue lawsuit was reported from immoderate portion of Thoothukudi Corporation, Mr. Jegan urged wellness officials to intensify their operations to avert immoderate outbreak of the vector-borne disease.

Corporation Commissioner C. Priyanka, City Health Officer Saroja and sanitary section officials participated successful the meeting.

Published - November 03, 2025 08:30 p.m. IST

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