THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A day after collector K N Satheesh issued a month-long
prohibitory order in the capital considering the alarming number of fever cases,
a special squad swung into action on Saturday and issued warnings to
unauthorized slaughter houses in the city. Although the order is in effect, the
district administration has set a deadline for such slaughter houses to stop
operations by Monday.
The collector said that all street vendors, slaughter house owners, who are found polluting the environment, have already been asked to close their outlets.
The collector said that all street vendors, slaughter house owners, who are found polluting the environment, have already been asked to close their outlets.
The drive will be intensified starting Monday. Councillors will embark on an
intense campaign in their respective wards to prevent the spread of contagious
diseases after a meeting is convened by the collector on Monday. The squad
comprising officials of various departments will make sure that unauthorized
slaughter house owners are booked and their shops closed down.
Meanwhile, no fresh cases of fever were reported in the capital on Saturday.
"We do not have any new confirmed dengue cases in the capital. The door-to-door
campaigns by health officials will start next Monday," said district medical
officer (DMO) T Peethambaran. Till Friday, about 620 dengue cases were confirmed
in Thiruvananthapuram. Fever outbreak has also been reported in 43 wards of the
total 100 and corporation officials continued shifting garbage to Kochuveli for
the third day. Though locals protested against this move, police reminded them
about the prohibitory order forcing them to disperse.
A corporation official said that the civic body is trying to collect the piled up garbage from different parts of the city and transport it to Kochuveli. The garbage is used as filler for the construction of railway platforms. Six trucks of garbage were transported to Kochuveli on Saturday. In the wake of probable epidemic, the district collector had called for emergency measures to be initiated to check the spread of diseases. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-10/thiruvananthapuram/32155336_1_fever-dengue-cases-prohibitory-order
A corporation official said that the civic body is trying to collect the piled up garbage from different parts of the city and transport it to Kochuveli. The garbage is used as filler for the construction of railway platforms. Six trucks of garbage were transported to Kochuveli on Saturday. In the wake of probable epidemic, the district collector had called for emergency measures to be initiated to check the spread of diseases. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-10/thiruvananthapuram/32155336_1_fever-dengue-cases-prohibitory-order
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