Free mosquito nets to be distributed by Chennai Corporation
Posted on: 29/Nov/2013 3:19:00 PM - No. of views : (2446)
Free mosquito nets will be distributed by Chennai Corporation in an initiative to reduce the mosquito menace in the city. Corporation officials say five lakh mosquito nets will be distributed in the first phase. The beneficiaries will get mosquito nets measuring 6ftx4ft that can be made into a tent or used to cover cots. The corporation`s initiative is expected to benefit slum dwellers, migrant workers and others.The mushrooming construction activities have drawn thousands of migrant labourers to the city. But unhygienic shelters without basic amenities in slums and near water bodies make migrant labourers vulnerable to malaria, dengue and other vector-borne diseases.
The mosquito menace is severe in places along the Cooum and the Adyar rivers and the Buckingham, Captain Cotton, Otteri, Virugambakkam and Mambalam canals.
