The Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD) sanitised 50 wards using over three lakh litres of disinfectant solution. On Tuesday, the municipal corporation commenced a two-day sanitisation drive to sanitise all the 100 wards of the city. According to deputy municipal commissioner Rohitash Sharma, on the first day, 50 wards were divided into four zones and about 3.50 lakh litres of one percent hypochlorite solution was sprayed with the help of 60 tanks and 40 spray machines. Besides, the MCD also took the help of two vehicles of fire brigade team to sterilise the wards. Sharma stated that the spraying of disinfectant will be done in all the areas of the city as a measure to prevent the spread of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the provisional state capital.
Sharma added, "Though the municipal corporation is regularly sanitising the main areas of the city, we will sanitise all the wards of the city thoroughly by April 15 and such drives will continue in the future too."
In the beginning of this month, the municipal corporation had sanitised the wards in three phases using more than two lakh litre of one percent hypochlorite solution. However, many locals alleged that no sanitisation has been done in their areas since the lockdown. Talking about this issue, Sharma said that the corporation disinfects every area of the city but if any area was left out by any chance, it would be sanitised this time. He further added that the municipal corporation is also spraying disinfectant and sanitising the colonies everyday which got sealed after the COVID-19 positive cases were found there besides sanitising the Government Doon Medical College (GDMC) hospital. The councillors of the wards of the sealed areas including Bhagat Singh Colony and Reethamandi also confirmed that sanitisation of these areas is being done every day by the sanitation workers of the MCD.