The city has seen three dengue cases in the last week but they were isolated cases, according to sources in the Coimbatore Corporation’s health wing.
The sources said that the dengue cases were reported from Vadavalli, Kuniamuthur, and Sowripalayam but they were isolated in that only one cases each were reported.
The Corporation deployed its machinery there to destroy mosquito-breeding sources, carry out fogging operations and spread awareness using public address system.
They said that under instructions from Corporation Commissioner S. Ganesh, and City Health Officer P. Aruna, the health wing staff were concentrating on dengue-prone areas – Ganapathy, Kuniamuthur, and a few wards in Kavundampalayam.
They were also focussing their mosquito-fighting efforts at industrial hubs – Ganapathy, Kuniamuthur, Kurichi and a few other places, asking industries to clear scrap. The objective was to ensure that the scraps did not turn mosquito-breeding sources.
The campaign was going at the places for the last one week so as to ensure that the industries cleared the scrap before they closed for Deepavali.
As part of the campaign aimed at source-reduction at industrial places, the corporation had deployed its workers at the Podanur railway yard.
Mayor P. Rajkumar said that Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner, and senior officials would to attend to emergencies.
Earlier in the day, he visited the Muthannankulam to see if the waters had inundated homes.
The corporation on Sunday had opened one of the five sluices to let out surplus water to the Selva Chinthamani Kulam. The water from there flowed onto the Big Tank.
In the South Zone, the corporation flushed out water from inundated areas near Lorry Pettai, Podanur Umar Nagar, in Ward 96, Ward 76, Ward 71, and Ward 86 using motor pumps.
The officials also flushed out water from Lanka Corner after steady flow of run off water kept officials on their toes till midnight.
The rainfall recorded at various places in the district in the last 24 hours that ended at 8 a.m. Monday: Tamil Nadu Agricultural University 52.20 mm, Sulur 39.50, Mettupalayam 37.30, Airport Peelamedu 36.10, Coimbatore South 27.20, and Annur 22 mm.
