Farmers Movement Archive

Sanitisation drive conducted at Sector 26 mandi

Chandigarh, April 6 To prevent and control the spread of the Covid-19 at the Sector 26 vegetable market, the Municipal Corporation (MC), Chandigarh, today sanitised the whole market using 10 mechanical sprayers. The sanitisation drive was carried out under the direct supervision of KK Yadav, Commissioner, MC. Vegetables, fruits and grocery items are being supplied to the citizens on a daily basis from the market, he said. A total of 62 CTU buses and 20 vehicles of the MC have been roped in for this purpose, he added. To curb the spread of the virus, it has been decided to close the market every Monday to sanitise it, Yadav said. The market was properly disinfected using sprayers, besides routine manual sweeping, he said. A fleet of 10 different vehicles with mechanical sprayer facility fitted on them have put into service to sanitise the market, including water cannon mechanical sprayer from the Chandigarh police, two tractors fitted with mechanical sprayers donated by farmers from Punjab and Fire Fighting Vehicles of the MC. He said in the early morning the routine sweeping was done through mechanical sweepers and manually by the sanitation staff of the MC and after that every nook and corner has been cleaned with Fire Fighting vehicles besides spraying chlorine spray with the mechanical sprayers. In addition to that the buses and vehicles deployed to supply vegetables and fruits to the citizens on daily basis have been cleaned with the water and chlorine spray.

The Tribune

2020-04-07