Overview
- The corporation said on Sunday it has recorded more than 650 dengue cases in September and about 4,600 fever cases month-to-date, prompting an intensified response.
- GCC has deployed roughly 3,597 field workers to inspect 80–100 households each day across 15 zones and removed standing-water and debris that can breed mosquitoes.
- Larvicidal treatments such as Abate in water tanks and Mosquito Larvicidal Oil in drains plus regular indoor and outdoor fogging have been stepped up to cut adult mosquito numbers.
- Fever surveillance has been integrated across hospitals, clinics and labs with discharged patients monitored for three days, doctors given refresher training and medicine stocks reported adequate.
- The civic body has targeted institutional hotspots like Anna University and IIT-Madras, ran health camps that screened hundreds, mobilised student volunteers, and collected ₹5.56 lakh in fines for stagnant-water violations, a move meant to reduce campus transmission and prevent hospital admissions.