Chennai removes over 2,300 kg of waste to control disease
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The Greater Chennai Corporation’s Public Health Vector Control Department in India removed 2,321.4 kg of used tyres and unused articles from across the city’s 15 zones.
Workers focused on removing these items because they can collect rainwater and breed mosquitoes, increasing the risk of vector-borne diseases. Teynampet Zone removed the most used tyres, totaling 135.5 kg, while Ambattur Zone removed the most unused articles, with 208 kg collected.
The corporation detailed removals by zone, showing Tiruvottiyur collected 32 kg of tyres and 22 kg of articles, while Manali collected 15 kg of tyres and 114.5 kg of articles. Other zones reported similar quantities of waste removed. The GCC carried out the removal as of September 23, and released the information to the public on September 25.
