chennai chennai corporation officials on thursday seized 45720 water sachets from different places they were acting on a report in the times of india that over 50 brands of packaged water were contaminatedcity mayor m subramanian inspected the operation at the chennai mofussil bus terminus in koyambedu the officials seized around 4500 sachets from shops in the kilpauk zone under which the terminus falls the sachets did not have isi certification batch numbers and date of manufacturing printed on them an official release saidthe massive drive took place across the city and samples of brands were sent to the public analyst laboratory in the ripon building for analysis sanitary inspectorsfood inspectors picked up the sachets from food stalls restaurants and petty shops on nsc bose road triplicane high road egmore vadapalani nungambakkam thousand lights pudupet saidapet ekkattuthangal east coast road and adyarsubramanian said the civic body had fixed a target of collecting 3000 water samples every month from the 155 wards unsafe packaged drinking water would be destroyedthese water sachets are being packed in local units functioning on the outskirts of the city we have sealed 13 units he said