Anti-dengue operations intensified in Salem district

Erode corporation deploys 300 workers in all the 60 wards

As part of anti-dengue operations, conservancy workers removed discarded coconut shells and other waste materials along the roadside here on Wednesday. With the onset of South-West monsoon, the Corporation is focusing on anti-dengue operations in all the 60 wards in the four zones. Coconut shells, worn-out tyres, broken bottles and other materials abandoned along the roads that could be a breeding place for mosquitoes were being removed. Workers said that tender coconut sellers dump the shells along the roads at many places that could turn into a breeding of mosquitoes that transmit the dengue causing virus. Hence, they were involved in removing the shells and other waste materials in the corporation limits, they added. They said that they are also identifying vacant plots and lands where rain water stagnates and ask the owners to take steps to prevent rain water stagnation on the land. They said that obsolete tyres could also be seen along the roads while plastic items can hold rainwater and serve as breeding spaces for mosquitoes.