Electrical ITI holder 29-year-old Soumya Ranjan Behura, a resident of Padalo village, who developed a smart solar sanitising tunnel, has donated it to the district administration to contain the spread of COVID-19.
Behura does installation works of CCTV, power inverter, electronics items. According to Soumya, the smart solar sanitising tunnel developed by him has multi facilities. One can get his body and hands sanitised after entering into the tunnel. He has fitted five sensors, including light sensor, voice sensor, water level sensor, in it.
Facilities like hygienic drinking water , mobile recharge and free WiFi are also available in his sanitising tunnel. He has fitted sensors for availing each facility and also fitted LED lights to make it functional during night hour too. He developed the tunnel within three days by spending Rs 40,000 from his own pocket, said Soumya.