On the second day of its special sanitisation drive, the Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD) sterilised 50 wards using over three lakh litre of disinfectant solution.
Earlier, on Tuesday, the MCD had sanitised 50 wards on Tuesday as a measure to prevent the spread of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the city, the municipal corporation sanitised the remaining wards of the city on Wednesday.
The remaining 50 wards were divided into four zones and four nodal officers were appointed for each zone by municipal commissioner Vinay Shankar Pandey.
Using 40 spray machines and 60 tanks, the sanitation workers sprayed around 3.30 lakh litre of one percent hypochlorite solution in all the areas of remaining wards.
The work of sanitising the city was also inspected by Dehradun mayor Sunil Uniyal 'Gama' and the municipal commissioner.
In the past too, during the initial days of the lockdown the MCD had undertaken a three-day sanitation drive in which it sterilised all the wards of the city using more than two lakh litre of disinfectant solution.
According to deputy municipal commissioner Rohitash Sharma, the special sanitisation drive was undertaken as a precautionary measure in order to reduce the risk of the community spread of the novel coronavirus in Dehradun.
He said that such drives will be undertaken in the future too by the corporation.
Besides, the mayor also appealed people to remain indoors during the lockdown and advised them to contact the helpline numbers issued by the administration in case of emergencies.