A meeting of the district-level core committee chaired by District Collector Alex Varghese has decided to begin pre-monsoon cleaning activities in Alappuzha district.
Mr. Varghese has directed the officials to eliminate mosquito and flies breeding grounds. Local self-government institutions have been asked to ensure the flow of water in drains, canals and other waterbodies as part of pre-monsoon cleaning and sanitation measures to prevent infectious disease outbreaks.
‘Dry days’ will be observed on Sundays in houses and Fridays in institutions and workplaces. Officials said that ward-level sanitation committees would prepare a list with the names of places prone to waterlogging, garbage dumps and areas known to have a prevalence of vector-borne diseases and hand it over to respective local body secretaries.
