Punjab Government on Sunday initiated a unique sanitization drive via drones from Jagatpura village in Mohali district. The drive, launched by the state Health and Family Welfare Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu, would soon be carried out in the entire State.
“The State Government is making all out efforts to combat corona virus disease and drones can play an important part in it. The sanitization of the densely populated, congested areas especially the slums is a top priority with the Government,” said the Minister. Sidhu said that the sanitization through drones would serve the twin purpose of keeping corona virus disease at bay while also protecting against the dengue.
The Sanitization through drones is already being done in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Chandigarh, and in Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh), he said. After Jagatpura, the drive was further carried out in Badmajra’s Green Enclave, Jujhar Nagar, and Balongi areas of the district.
The services of drone have been provided by the Garuda Aerospace.
Coming to the technical aspects of the drone, the Minister said that once material is loaded, it has 10 litres capacity of sanitization and can fly at 15 metres height. It can cover 20 feet diameter in one go, and can disinfect six acres in 10 minutes.
Assuring that Punjab is fighting corona virus very effectively, Minister added that we could not let our guard down and we would fight till we win the war against corona virus.