Kozhikode corporation collects water samples
KOZHIKODE: The Kozhikode corporation (health-wing) has started collecting water samples from sources situated in the premises of marriage halls following reports of hepatitis A outbreak in the corporation limit.
The civic body decided to act after councillors protested in the council meeting held on December 10 for not taking any steps to check the quality of drinking water at marriage functions.
Hepatitis A cases have been reported from Mugadhar, Pallikandy and Kuttichira. The health inspectors will submit the report at a meeting to be held at the corporation on December 16 to chalk out remedial measures. More than 50 cases of hepatitis A have been reported in the three wards of the corporation so far. The health wing has also started intensive awareness campaign on the need of drinking hot water along with chlorination process of wells in these areas.
According to State level Integrated Diseases Surveillance report, the district had reported 1,782 hepatitis A cases.
Janamma Kunjunni, corporation health standing committee chairperson said that the health inspectors have asked to submit the report of water samples taken from marriage halls on December 16.
"The hepatitis A cases were reported due to the mixing of drinking water with drainage water as the KWA drinking pipeline is passing through drainages at Kundungal, Kuttichira, Parappil, Mugadhar and Pallikandy. The issue can be solved only if the KWA replaces the old pipelines laid 40 years ago to supply drinking water. Public should take steps to consume the water only after boiling it, which is the major reason for the spread of hepatitis A,'' said Kunjunni. While deputy mayor P T Abdul Latheef said that the civic body will seek the help of experts at the Centre for Water Resources Development and Management in case of an emergency.
Refuting the claim of the city corporation, Kerala Water Authority executive engineer M Hameed said the assistant executive engineer already conducted site visit and preliminary information revealed that there was no leakage on drinking water pipelines. "KWA has taken water samples from the said areas to test the quality of water and to confirm whether the mixing of drinking water with drainage water occurred or not,'' he said.
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The civic body decided to act after councillors protested in the council meeting held on December 10 for not taking any steps to check the quality of drinking water at marriage functions.
Hepatitis A cases have been reported from Mugadhar, Pallikandy and Kuttichira. The health inspectors will submit the report at a meeting to be held at the corporation on December 16 to chalk out remedial measures. More than 50 cases of hepatitis A have been reported in the three wards of the corporation so far. The health wing has also started intensive awareness campaign on the need of drinking hot water along with chlorination process of wells in these areas.
According to State level Integrated Diseases Surveillance report, the district had reported 1,782 hepatitis A cases.
Janamma Kunjunni, corporation health standing committee chairperson said that the health inspectors have asked to submit the report of water samples taken from marriage halls on December 16.
"The hepatitis A cases were reported due to the mixing of drinking water with drainage water as the KWA drinking pipeline is passing through drainages at Kundungal, Kuttichira, Parappil, Mugadhar and Pallikandy. The issue can be solved only if the KWA replaces the old pipelines laid 40 years ago to supply drinking water. Public should take steps to consume the water only after boiling it, which is the major reason for the spread of hepatitis A,'' said Kunjunni. While deputy mayor P T Abdul Latheef said that the civic body will seek the help of experts at the Centre for Water Resources Development and Management in case of an emergency.
Refuting the claim of the city corporation, Kerala Water Authority executive engineer M Hameed said the assistant executive engineer already conducted site visit and preliminary information revealed that there was no leakage on drinking water pipelines. "KWA has taken water samples from the said areas to test the quality of water and to confirm whether the mixing of drinking water with drainage water occurred or not,'' he said.
Source - TOI - timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kozhikode/Kozhikode-corporation-collects-water-samples/articleshow/27316790.cms