‘Sanitisation drive taking place on a war footing’

LUCKNOW: The department of urban development is on a drive to spray disinfectants like Sodium Hypochlorite, Bleaching Powder, Malathion dust and lime powder to control the spread of Covid-19.

“During last one month, around 8,889 kg of Sodium hypochlorite solution, bleaching powder, malathion dust and lime powder has been sprayed in Lucknow. As many as 639 manual and 115 tractor mounted sprayers, 3 anti-smoke guns are being used by 389 teams to neutralize the virus in air,” said Ashutosh Tandon, minister of urban development, UP.

“The war against Covid cannot be won in a day. It has to be a sustained effort to control the surge in spread of the pandemic. That’s why a multipronged strategy is being implemented. Along with aggressive testing, collection of samples, contact tracing, treatment in hospitals, spraying of disinfectants in air is vital,” he said. “In the entire state, 2,59,263 kg of sodium hypochlorite solution, bleaching powder, malathion dust and lime powder have been used for sanitization work being carried out at 1,88,990 places in municipal bodies. This is one of the biggest sanitisation drives to prevent the spread of corona pandemic in the urban areas of UP. Ward-wise sanitisation work was ensured in different shifts day and night. Sanitization work was carried out by 4,986 teams in urban bodies. In this work, 5,473 manual and 1,264 tractor-mounted sprayers were used.” Like Lucknow, sanitization was also done at 7,167 places in Prayagraj where 2,632 kg sodium hypochlorite solution, bleaching powder, malathion dust and lime powder was used.

As many as 133 teams used 225 manual sprayers, 49 tractor-mounted sprayers along with 3 anti smoke guns for the drive to spray disinfectants.