With the number of Coronavirus cases increasing in the State capital, Ranchi Municipal Corporation has been conducting a massive sanitization drive across the City. A special sanitization drive is also being carried out by the civic body in the Hindpiri locality which has become an epicenter of the virus in the region.
As per the directive of the Municipal Commissioner, a solution of one percent sodium hypochlorite is being used for sanitization across all the 53 wards of RMC. On April 18, eight vehicles sprayed the disinfectant across various wards including 13, 1, 2, 52 and 53 among others. The control room in Nepal House, Project Bhaven, RIMS, Sadar Hospital, Sarla Birla and also the quarantine centre in Khelgaon were sanitized.
Simultaneously, RMC and the district administration jointly conducted a massive drive using fire fighting vehicles in Hindpiri.
“With all the cases being reported from the Hindpiri area, sanitization work in the locality is being carried out on a regular basis while on some days it is being done twice. The garbage collected from the hotspot is also being sanitized to remove all traces of any contamination before disposal,” said Deputy Municipal Commissioner Shankar Yasdav. As many as 11 vehicles are being used by RMC on a regular basis along with about 250 knapsack spraying machines to carry out the work in the City.
“A special drive was also conducted on Saturday which started from Patel Chowk and covered the railway station, upper Chutiya, Oxford School and Bahubazaar localities. Disinfectant was sprayed in all the houses and hotels along the main road. A small fogging machine and eight personnel with knapsack were also present to reach the corners,” said the DMC.
Door to door sanitization work is also being carried across all multi storeyed buildings and stand alone houses in the City. As a part of the process open drains are being cleaned and bleaching powder and lime is also being sprinkled. Public toilets are also being cleaned more frequently than usual.
The official also stated that all public complaints and grievances can be filed through Whatsapp or SMS at 9431104429 and the problem will be solved within 24 hours.