The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has issued helpline numbers to lift bio-medical waste from the homes of Covid-19 patients
Leader of House Narendra Chawla in SDMC said that the civic body has made special arrangements to lift garbage from the homes of Covid-19 positive patients.
Chawla said that the number of Covid-19 positive patients have been increasing day by day hence SDMC has issued helpline numbers for all four zones.
“People can inform about Covid-19 waste by calling these numbers and a team from the concerned zone will reach there for garbage removal,” he said.
He further informed that SDMC has specially deployed 53 auto tippers for lifting biomedical waste in all four zones. “A system has been developed in such a manner that Covid-19 waste removal and disposal will be done in a scientific manner,” he added.
All four zones have made all arrangements in this regard and auto tippers have also been reserved, he said, adding that besides this all safety precautions are being taken to contain spread of Coronavirus during garbage removal.
Gloves, sanitization related items, PPE kits, masks etc are being made available to Safai Sainiks, ‘Health Care Workers’ and ‘Front Line Workers’.