Employees provided with safety gears
S. A. S. Nagar, March 31, 2020: The District Administration is undertaking a major drive to disinfect the district in the wake of corona virus with the active assistance of the Municipal Corporation and Rural Development Department.
Disclosing this here today, the Commissioner Municipal Corporation Mr. Kamal Garg said that more than 3/4 of the City has been disinfected with sodium hypochlorite.The villages falling under the corporation besides the slum areas are being disinfected on priority.
He also divulged that public places like parks courts, markets offices with maximum footfall have been covered with the spray machines, fire tenders and hand pumps being pressed into service.
The MC Commissioner further said that disinfection has been completed at Zirakpur, Kharar, Kurali, Banur, Nayagaon, Derabassi and Lalru. In rural areas, it is being done under the supervision of DDPO Mohali. The Commissioner also reiterated that within one week the rest of the city, surrounding colonies and group housing societies would also be disinfected.
He also added that the Municipal Corporation is also disposing off the garbage of the quarantined homes separately. The employees engaged in disinfection have been provided with masks, gloves and sanitisers besides ensuring their medical check up.