Several corporate houses and civic bodies across the city have embarked on sanitising with disinfectants at Key areas.

Tata Steel Utilities and Infrastructure Services Ltd (erstwhile Jusco) that looks after civic amenities in company command areas have started sanitisaing the market places and residential complex under the Tata sub lease area.

A number of public health workers with all safety protocols have been engaged into service to disinfect various areas of the city on an everyday basis.

However from yesterday, the workers have been asked to only operate between 6 am to 2 pm after which they have been asked to stay home. Market places that have completely been covered - Sakchi, Bistupur, Kadma, Sonari. “We are also covering some more small places. We are trying to give services to the township. Those who have any issues of any special areas may please contact us separately. We reiterate that no company in this time will do any differentiation.

 For us all are citizens of Jamshedpur and we are trying hard to do whatever we can at this hour of lockdown and curfew due to the Corona threat,” said an official.Special officer of the Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee (JNAC) Krishna Kumar said that fogging, sanitisation in public areas are taking place on a regular basis.

As per latest directive of the health department we have asked our men to carry out fogging exercise in the affected areas of Jugsalai and Mango with focus on identifying and destroying unused containers storing waters in houses and localities and educating locals about steps to prevent diseases,” said the official. This exercise would be held simultaneously with routine methods of spraying larvicidal in the area.The Tata Steel Utilities and Infrastructure Services Ltd which is also one of the civic bodies of the city have continued their essential services.

More than 1000 people have been working on garbage disposal, garbage collection, cleaning and sanitisation.

We are not taking any chances and trying our best to spread awareness. We are regularly using disinfectants to sanitise various market areas that bear more risk. Company residential areas are also getting sanitised.

There are people who are informing us about sanitisation need of any particular area and we are serving that.

We are doing all possible things but have asked the public health workers to work for a limited time, said the official of Tata Steel Utilities and Infrastructure Services Ltd.