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Given the increase in number of cases in the city, the Coimbatore Corporation has planned to increase the number of people it has deployed for conducting door-to-door survey.
On Tuesday, Corporation Commissioner P. Kumaravel Pandian had said that the Corporation had already increased the number from 800 to over 2,000.
Now, the Corporation was looking at doubling the number to take the total number of persons engaged in the survey to around 5,000.
Since the start of the survey a few days ago, the Corporation had checked on people in 55,181 households and had identified 1,530 persons with influenza-like infection symptoms.
Coimbatore Corporation permits more vehicles to sell vegetables
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As of Tuesday, 520 mobile units were on road supplying essential commodities
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Traders waiting outside the Coimbatore Corporation s Central Zone office on Tuesday to get permit to sell vegetables and fruits. | Photo Credit: Siva SaravananS
As of Tuesday, 520 mobile units were on road supplying essential commodities
In an effort aimed at easing the distribution of vegetables and fruits to the city’s residents, the Coimbatore Corporation had permitted more traders for sales using their vehicles. And, as of Tuesday, 520 vehicles were on road supplying the essential commodities, Corporation Commissioner P. Kumaravel Pandian said here on Tuesday.
Coimbatore: The horticulture department, along with local bodies, will procure vegetables and deliver directly at customers’ doorstep during the total lockdown. To start with, vegetables and fruits will be sold through 500 vehicles in the corporation limit on Monday.
“We have authorized farmer producer organisations and farmers interest groups to collect vegetables and fruits from farmers, and sell at doorsteps. We are issuing the required e-pass and are authorizing their vehicles,” deputy director of horticulture Bhuvaneshwari said. “We will fix prices and assign areas to each group. They will also sell combo packs. We have made arrangements to procure vegetables from other districts,” she said.
Gold processing from sludge leaves residents breathing polluted air in Coimbatore
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May 24, 2021 16:53 IST
Workers who filter traces of gold from sludge, use burning as part of the process, and residents in the neighbourhood have complained that the noxious smoke could pose a health threat
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A man engaged in filtering gold from the fine sediment of sludge near the sewage treatment plant of Coimbatore Corporation at Ukkadam
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Workers who filter traces of gold from sludge, use burning as part of the process, and residents in the neighbourhood have complained that the noxious smoke could pose a health threat