Smart cities such as Chennai, Coimbatore, Bengaluru, Raipur and Guwahati have deployed drones to disinfect public spaces where human access gets difficult during COVID-19.  

 

Indian cities have been making significant efforts in sanitizing the cities, especially public spaces which are considered risk prone areas for local spread of virus. Cities have been adopting numerous approaches to disinfect the public spaces including the bus/railway stations, streets, markets, hospital premises, banks, etc.

 

Key measures adopted by smart cities include:

Guwahati: Sanitisation activities are carried out across the city as anti-bacterial is being sprayed in all corners of the city to keep it safe from any kind of infection. Sanitation workers deployed across the city after sundown to spray disinfectants. 

 

Muzaffarpur: Disinfectant spray sanitization of the whole city is under way using fogging, anti-larva spray and disinfectant spray.

 

Patna:City administration has ensured disinfection of all public places such as banks and hospitals in the city using jetting machines. BSRTC (Bihar State Road Transport Corporation) buses are also sanitized by Patna Municipal Corporation. 

 

Dharamshala: Fire tenders are used for spraying sodium hypochlorite solution for comprehensive disinfection of public places. All goods vehicles engaged for delivery of essential commodities in completely quarantined areas of McLeodganj are being regularly sanitized by Dharamshala at exit points.

 

Jammu: Sanitization in key areas of Jammu city are at war footing. In the sanitization drive, the allied material spray pumps and sodium hypochlorite sent to all councillors for spraying in each and every ward on war footing. 

 

Ranchi:The city is using 1% hypochlorite solution for sanitization of the whole city using fogging machines.

 

Kavaratti: Sanitization activities are being carried out by the city like regular cleaning. 

 

Shillong: Sanitization of the city by regular spray and awareness campaigns aided with strict monitoring by city police. 

 

Aizawl: For safety of officers working in essential services, a hand washing basin has been installed at the main entrance of premises.

 

Kohima: Use of road cleaning vehicles to sanitise the city. 

 

Bhubaneswar:Officers are monitoring sanitisation and cleaning of each and every city facilities and utilities being carried out by the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation.

 

Amritsar: Sanitization of the whole city is under way using chemicals as specified. Help from fire brigade is taken for such sprays.

 

Chennai: Use of drones in the disinfection process.

 

Coimbatore: Drones are used to sterilise public spaces

 

Madurai: Providing public taps with wash basins for hand wash in important locations. Hand Sanitizer prepared by Madurai City Municipal Corporation and given to the public and officials while entering government offices. A solution with 5% Lizol is being applied in public places, markets, schools, roads, using 7 numbers of jet roding machines. Also 100 numbers of hand sprayers are used for application of 5% of lizol solution in streets covering 100 wards. 

 

Thanjavur: Jet rodding machine is used as a disinfection vehicle using sodium hypochlorite in big streets. Similarly water wash pumps are used in small streets. 

 

Vellore: All entry points to the city are controlled and separate checking and sanitizing arrangements are made.

 

Tiruppur: Hand wash facilities are arranged at important places with proper social distancing.

 

Greater Warangal: Sanitization of the whole city is under way by using services of fire departments. 

 

Karimnagar: Sanitization of the whole city is under way using tractor mounted jets and bleaching powder as chemical.

 

Agartala: The entire city has been sanitized. Massive disinfection of all public places such as roadsides, shops, hospitals, ATMs, international check post etc., using 1% hypochlorite spray. The city has modified suction jetting machines normally used for covered drain cleaning for this purpose. 

 

Lucknow: Fogging and sanitation work of all wards and solid waste vehicles used for awareness of important messages to citizens.

 

Aligarh: Modification of existing vehicles for sanitizing/fogging of the entire city. Massive disinfection of all public places - roadsides, shops, hospitals, ATMs etc.

 

Bareilly:Fogging all wards and twice a day cleaning the city.

 

Moradabad: Sanitization of home and locality of incoming travelers, fogging of the entire city done periodically.

 

Moradabad: Vishesh safai abhiyaan program has been run in the city for sanitation of the entire city.

 

Saharanpur: Deployed six heavy vehicles and over 100 hand-held machines to spray the disinfectants across the public spaces.

 

Tiruppur: Tiruppur gets a unique disinfection tunnel to fight against COVID-19. This tunnel was set up by the district administration in collaboration with Young Indians, the youth wing of the Confederation of Indian Industry. The ‘disinfection tunnel’ is part of efforts by the Tiruppur District administration to prevent further spread of coronavirus. People who enter the market are asked to wash their hands and walk through the ‘disinfection tunnel’ for three to four seconds during which sprayers overhead sprinkle protective substance on them. Once they come out of the ‘disinfection tunnel’, the visitors are allowed into the market.

 

Rajkot: Rajkot uses high-clearance boom sprayers for disinfection of public streets and public places. Four high clearance boom sprayers (used in agricultural fields) are being used by Rajkot Municipal Corporation to spray disinfectants on the roads and streets of Rajkot.