South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) carried out a massive sanitation drive in its area and 4,200 public places, including markets, bus stands, police station, Government offices, hospitals, dispensaries, polyclinic, ATMs, banks across all four zones.
Apart from this, a special drives are being conducted to disinfect and sanisitise areas around the quarantined houses through spraying disinfectants like sodium Hypo-Chloride on regular basis by 744 dengue breeding checkers and 714 field workers in all areas of SDMC, a senior official said. Approximately 250 KG bio-hazardous garbage has been picked from quarantined houses daily by dedicated auto tippers in all four zones, he said adding that special personal protection equipments kit have been distributed to the staff involved in disposal of bio-hazardous garbage and sanitation drives for their proper safety. The official further said that the SDMC further extended its support to the poor, homeless and needy people and during the last three days distributed around 70,000 food packets to poor and needy people in association with religious organisations, hotels and restaurants and through SDMC’s mid day meal kitchens in its four zones.