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Kolkata: Deputy Mayor Atin Ghosh has expressed satisfaction over the drives conducted by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation to prevent the spread on the disease. Ghosh said the KMC collected Rs 4.71 lakh so far from fines imposed by the civic authorities under Section 496A of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act. He said awareness drives conducted by the KMC to prevent dengue have been quite effective. Cleaning drives are being conducted regularly and teams are visiting individual houses, housing complexes run by cooperatives, state and central governments. When asked about the fate of Talla Bridge, Deputy Mayor said Mayor Firhad Hakim, who had recently been to Europe, will join office on Friday and he will hold meeting with senior officials of KMC..