In order to collect highly infected Covid-19 waste from quarantine houses and its proper disposal in scientific manner, New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has deployed sanitation workers equipped with full new personal protection equipment (PPE) kits to provide full protection from catching infection while collecting hazardous waste.
A senior NDMC official said a driver of the vehicle and two other employees are deployed for the purpose and they are daily equipped with full new PPE kits item to provide full protection from Covid19 infection while collection of hazardous waste from these quarantine houses in NDMC area. “They will collect household waste from door to door of quarantine home in which covid19 related person or patients are residing in its jurisdictions area,” he said. The collection of bio medical waste will start every day at 7 am from each and every house who have people with covid19 effected person or patients in quarantine, he said, adding that the list of the houses is being provided by the District Magistrate office in advance on daily basis of approximately 30 to 40 in numbers.
The official further said that the collected waste material from the quarantine houses are being fillied in yellow bags which was already treated with sodium hypochlorite solution . After filling the bag, it is sealed by a tight tag and loaded on the vehicle designated for transportation of this type of waste, he added.
During this lockdown period, he said “These collected garbage bags are approximately 150 kg to 200 kg in weight and then it is given to BioTec Solutions agency for final disposal in scientific manners as per guidelines of Delhi Pollution Control Committee,’ he said.