In order to combat the spread of Covid-19, South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) carried out a ‘massive’ disinfection drives in all 43 identified containment zones under its jurisdiction.
The civic body on Tuesday deployed over 400 sanitation workers, 28 sprinkling tankers, twelve fire tenders and 19 jetting machines to sanitize these areas. A senior SDMC official said that a special focus is on disinfection of the houses where positive cases are detected.
“Containment areas are daily sanitised twice through knapsack pumps and motorised pumps. In Zakir Nagar and Nizamuddin, 85 sanitation workers deployed for spray of disinfectants and to keep the areas clean.
In Ashok Nagar and Mahavir Enclave 70 sanitation workers were deployed for proper sanitization of the area,” he said. The official further said that disinfectants were sprayed through knapsack pump and power spray. “Power spray through 5 Fire Tender was also carried out in these areas. In Malviya Nagar ,Gandhi Park, Hauz Rani, Khirki Village Sangam Vihar Vasant Vihar,South Moti BaghDeoli extension and surrounding areas, four sprinkling tankers and five jetting machines are spraying disinfectants,” he said.
All sanitation staff engaged in these exercises are provided ‘Personal Protection Equipment’ (PPE) kits and briefed regarding personnel safety and hygiene, he said. Apart from this, various sanitization activities are being carried out by deploying drones, tankers, fire tenders in the slum, congested and densely populated areas of all four zones, he said.
The action was taken in all four zones on a large scale mainly in areas such as Sitapuri, Sangam Vihar, Mohan Garden, Raghubir Nagar,Tagore Garden,Pochanpur Village, Govind puri, Ekta Vihar, RK Puram, Shastri Market, Nanak Pura, Greater Kailash- I, Kalkaji.