The Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation has directed construction firms and private building owners to strictly implement dengue prevention measures by preventing water stagnation at their premises. The civic body has warned that legal action will be initiated against those who fail to comply.
Coimbatore: The Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation (CCMC) has instructed all construction companies and private building owners across the city to strictly adhere to dengue prevention measures to curb the breeding of Aedes mosquitoes responsible for spreading the disease.
Corporation Commissioner Katta Ravi Teja, said mosquito control operations are being carried out continuously across all 100 wards through the Corporation's vector control teams. However, with prevailing weather conditions favouring mosquito breeding, construction sites and private premises have been directed to eliminate stagnant water and maintain hygienic surroundings.
The Corporation has instructed builders to ensure that water tanks and storage containers are cleaned, treated with bleaching powder or lime where necessary, and kept tightly covered. Open plastic drums, water-filled containers, lift pits, wheelbarrows, mixing trays and other equipment at construction sites should not be allowed to accumulate stagnant water.
Construction firms have also been asked to promptly remove discarded plastic materials, tyres, coconut shells, bottles, food containers, paint cans, thermocol sheets, pipes and other waste that could become mosquito breeding grounds. Temporary worker shelters should also be maintained in a sanitary condition.
The Commissioner appealed to building owners and contractors to extend full cooperation to Corporation health workers engaged in dengue prevention drives. He warned that legal action under the Tamil Nadu Public Health Act, 1939, would be initiated against property owners or establishments found violating the prescribed preventive measures.
Corporation Commissioner Katta Ravi Teja, said mosquito control operations are being carried out continuously across all 100 wards through the Corporation's vector control teams. However, with prevailing weather conditions favouring mosquito breeding, construction sites and private premises have been directed to eliminate stagnant water and maintain hygienic surroundings.
The Corporation has instructed builders to ensure that water tanks and storage containers are cleaned, treated with bleaching powder or lime where necessary, and kept tightly covered. Open plastic drums, water-filled containers, lift pits, wheelbarrows, mixing trays and other equipment at construction sites should not be allowed to accumulate stagnant water.
Construction firms have also been asked to promptly remove discarded plastic materials, tyres, coconut shells, bottles, food containers, paint cans, thermocol sheets, pipes and other waste that could become mosquito breeding grounds. Temporary worker shelters should also be maintained in a sanitary condition.
The Commissioner appealed to building owners and contractors to extend full cooperation to Corporation health workers engaged in dengue prevention drives. He warned that legal action under the Tamil Nadu Public Health Act, 1939, would be initiated against property owners or establishments found violating the prescribed preventive measures.