In order to curb down the spread of coronavirus in containment zones, South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) carried out a ‘massive’ action to disinfect areas in its all four zones on Friday. The civic body deployed over 200 sanitation workers, 20 tankers, 8 fire tenders and 16 jetting machines for sanitisation and disinfection in the containment zones, a senior SDMC official said, adding that door to door sweeping and garbage collection was also done at the location sealed after cases of Coronavirus traced.
The official further said dedicatedly surveillance teams have been formed by the public health department of the SDMC to conduct door-to-door survey and screening in the containment zones.
In Ashok Nagar, the only containment area in west zone, around 400 houses are sanitised around the area where three positive cases found by using motorized pump.
In Zakir Nagar, 35 Safai Sainik were deployed for proper sanitisation of the area, he said, adding that disinfectants were sprayed through knapsack pump and power spray. Power spray through two fire tender was also carried out in the area, he added. In the Dinpur Village and Sector-11 Dwarka 50 Safai Sainiks are dedicatedly deployed in the area and daily sanitation is being carried out, he said, adding that daily garbage is also being removed by five auto tippers from the locked area and the sent to Waste to Energy plant situated at Okhla.
The civic body also sanitised Malviya Nagar, L Block, Sangam Vihar, Shastri Market, Nanak Pura sanitisation drives are being carried out by deploying 60 Safai Sainik, five tankers, one fire tenders for spraying disinfectants.