MCD rejects allegations of disinfectant being diluted excessively

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MCD rejects allegations of disinfectant being diluted excessively

Saturday, 30 May 2020 | PNS | Dehradun

Some locals have expressed their concern stating that the disinfectant solution of one percentage sodium hypochlorite is currently being used after excessive dilution in water. According to them, excessive dilution will not be effective on the virus present on the surface of any area. They also stated that some councillors are not sanitising their areas. Rejecting all the allegations, chief municipal health officer Dr Kailash Joshi said that the corporation monitors all sanitisation work and disinfectant is not being diluted unnecessarily but even if it is diluted, the solution works effectively even with slightly less percentage of sodium hypochlorite. On the complaints of locals about the delay in sanitisation in their areas, Joshi said that the councillors and supervisors are making sure to sanitise all the areas of every ward but it might be taking some time in a few places due to large areas of the wards as there are limited resources provided to councillors.

A few weeks back, the corporation decided to give the responsibility of disinfecting 100 wards to the respective councillors rather than doing the task itself. According to Dehradun municipal commissioner Vinay Shankar Pandey, MCD sanitised the whole city several times but later this responsibility was given to the councillors so that they can disinfect their wards as per the requirement. The corporation has provided them with enough disinfectant and equipment to sanitise their wards, stated Pandey.

Though, he added, constant use of disinfectants in open areas does not have any effect on novel coronavirus as per World Health Organisation (WHO). However, MCD is still monitoring the sanitation work including spraying of disinfectants in the wards, added Pandey. "Daily we receive the pictures with the time stamp of sanitisation of the wards from the supervisors of various areas of the city," informed Pandey.  The officials from the corporation also informed that MCD also sterilises market areas on every Sunday besides sanitising containment zones and quarantine centres.

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