Moths, insects from FCI godown badgering Thoothukudi locals

Moths captured by a citizen of a home near FCI godown in Thoothukudi on Thursday.|Image Credit: N. RAJESH Moths and the bugs supposedly getting increased in food grains saved in Food Corporation of India godown at Third Mile here have actually begun swarming your houses in neighboring suburbs and offer sleep deprived nights, state homeowners. The P and T Colony and Asirvatham Nagar East Residents’ Welfare Association, which fall under ward 15 of Thoothukudi Municipal Corporation, sent a petition to the Collector just recently detailing the issues they deal with from the insects attacking their homes day-and-night.”The issue aggravates from sunset as the moths and bugs, drawn in by the lights turned on, get in your houses and traumatise us. We can not even consume quietly as the flying moths would fall in the food and the small bugs would go into the nose or ears in the evening. We securely think that the failure on the part of Food Corporation of India godown administration in taking due control steps to damage the insects and moths has actually led to these concerns,” stated K.S. Arjunan, president of the Association and Thoothukudi district secretary of CPI (M), who sent the petition to the Collector. He stated locals of Asirvatham Nagar, Indra Nagar, Thiru.Vi.Ka. Nagar, Shankar Colony, P and T Colony and the adjacent locations were dealing with the issue.”Since the bugs and moths bite kids, they suffer a lot due to inflammation and allergic reaction. The flying pests fall in the eyes of bike
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