Rains pose dengue threat in Coonoor
The Coonoor municipal administration is carrying on a campaign for cleanliness as well as to avoid water stagnation.
Coonoor: Stagnating water is making commuting tough for the passengers and other public at the Bus Stand here in Coonoor hills, as residents here are gripped with fear that unhygienic conditions due to water logging may become breeding grounds for the mosquitoes and pose threat to health.
S. Manoharan, president of the Coonoor Consumer Protection Association(CCPA) said that a portion along the bus stand border which was dug in the recent past for laying water pipes was not properly closed.
Though the CCPA appealed to the Coonoor municipal administration to take steps to bring the road back to shape, it failed to budge.
As the autumn showers have begun to rock the hills here for the past few days, the condition around the bus stand has turned pathetic as storm-water has begun to stagnate in the dug-up portion bordering the bus stand.
The Coonoor municipal administration is carrying on a campaign for cleanliness as well as to avoid water stagnation to check mosquito breeding, as dengue threat is surfacing again due to the rains.
The Nilgiris district administration which is also taking up the health, hygiene and cleanliness drive in a more serious way, should crack its whip against the lax municipal administration in Coonoor town to clear the mess around the Coonoor bus stand to take proper he said.