CHENNAI: The Greater
Chennai Corporation has spent more than Rs 400 crore on
Covid-19 measures thus far, commissioner
G Prakash said on Saturday.
Of this, Rs 200 crore had been spent on conducting tests alone, he said.
"We have tested more than five lakh people. This is not a small number," he said.
The other major expenses was for hiring 150 MTC buses to transport corporation workers, which cost Rs 14 crore.
Creating and maintaining more than 20,000 Covid care centres (CCC) beds had also cost significantly, Prakash said.
Rs 30 crore was spent on providing food and other facilities for the ground-level staff, including conservancy workers and door-to-door survey workers, he said.