Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has enlisted the support of an impersonal team to combat the mosquito menace along the Buckingham Canal. The civic agency is using drones to spray bacticide on the waters of the Buckingham Canal. Bacticide is a chemical agent that kill mosquitoes at the larval stage.
Reportedly, one drone has been allocated for each GCC zone where the Buckingham Canal runs.
When this photojournalist did a round of Buckingham Canal as it runs through Zone 9, on February 7, 2025, a senior entomologist with Zone 9 of GCC Kumar said they had been spraying bacticide on the waters of Buckingham Canal as well as the dry ground around it from 8 a.m. in wards 121, 119, 124, 125 and 126 through which the Canal runs.
The places covered include Kailasapuram, Ambedkar Bridge, Ganesapuram, Mundakanni Amman Kovil Street, Kutchery Road and Venkatesa Agraharam Street (near Saibaba Koil).
Every time it takes off, a drone carries 10 litres of water-mixed bacticide (the holding capacity of the can carried by the drone) to be sprayed on the waters and dry ground along it.
Text: Srinath M
Published - February 08, 2025 05:06 pm IST
