515 dengue cases in Chennai: Civic body

CHENNAI: A total of 515 dengue cases have been reported in the city so far, and the Chennai corporation has taken immediate steps to contain the virus, the civic body told Madras high court on Tuesday.
“As many as 3,314 workers are engaged in dengue/mosquito control activities in the city. Dengue awareness programs are conducted in 1,469 schools, including private institutions by public health officials.Pamphlets and stickers are distributed to spread awareness to the public,” additional advocate-general Narmadha Sampath said.
This apart, as a preventive measure about 60 tonnes of garbage is removed from across the city every day. So far, about 12.40 lakh has been collected from habitual offenders who had failed to comply with the directions of the corporation to contain dengue in their premises, she added.
The submissions were made before a division bench of Justice Vineet Kothari and Justice Anita Sumanth in response to a PIL moved by advocate A P Suryaprakasam. Recording the submission, the bench directed the petitioner to go through the status report filed by the corporation and file rejoinder, if any, within four weeks.