Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on May 2 directed District Collectors to hold meetings in the presence of the Minister in charge of respective districts to intensify pre-monsoon cleaning works.
Local self-government institutions have been directed to begin pre-monsoon cleaning works on an urgent basis in order to clear clogged drains, culverts, and small canals before the onset of the monsoon.
It is important not to allow garbage to pile up in public places. Also, mosquito-control measures should be taken up across the State. The Local Self-Government department has been directed to identify and prepare the buildings to be used as relief camps during monsoon. Sandbars in river estuaries should be opened to the required extent and excess water allowed to drain out. This should be completed before May 25, the Chief Minister said.
