RMC launches mass sanitisation drive

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After the rapid increase in the number of Corona infected patients in the State Capital, a mass sanitisation drive was launched by the Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) on Tuesday, under which every house will now be sanitised so that the infection could be controlled at its earliest.

Every crowded place and areas as well as the city buses will get the facility of sanitization provided by the municipal corporation to prevent increasing cases of Corona infection. It was started from the Municipal Corporation Office. RMC Commissioner, Mukesh Kumar will monitor the sanitization work started by the civic body in the State Capital and from time to time he also instructs the officials involved in the work.

Under the leadership of RMC Health Officer, Dr Kiran Kumari, City Manager, Vijendra Kumar, the scavengers were dispatched with the kit. Now this campaign will run across the city. The team will be sent to the area where Kovid positive cases were found, which will sanitize the entire house.

In view of the outbreak of Corona infection, 26 gun mounted machines are being used in this campaign of sanitization. Apart from this, the help of jail cart is also being taken. The campaign started in the morning in front of the RMC office. From here, sanitization vehicles went towards Albert Ekka Chowk, doing sanitization on both sides of the road.

A sanitization campaign was conducted from Albert Ekka Chowk to Rajendra Chowk via Main Road. The team then sent in different directions. Sanitization work was done on both sides of the roads at places like Kanke Road, Bariatu Road, Piska More, Kokar to Booti More and others. The Municipal Corporation has also sanitized the Chief Minister’s House on Monday. RMC Public Relation Officer, Vijendra Kumar said that if needed, the help of more vehicles can be taken from the jail. Now it is the civic body to clean the city so that the positive cases can be controlled at its earliest, he added.

Kumar said that a large number of cleanliness staff has been deployed in this work so that the sanitization of the city could be completed  as soon as possible. “The Municipal Corporation has also provided 6-6 hand sanitizing machines in all the 53 wards of the State Capital, in this way, sanitization is also going on through 318 hand sanitizer machines. The crowded places like Kuthcery More will be sanitized in morning and evening also,” he added.

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