Frontline Field Heroes (Sanitary workers) deployed
for sanitation in all Wards
Port
Blair, Apr 16
In order to
prevent the outbreak of COVID-19 in Port Blair City, the PBMC has taken the
following initiatives with the active participation of Elected Representatives:
· Disinfection
Service:-
* Sanitary workers are frontline workers who are working round the clock
with Personal Protection Equipments (PPE) such as mask, hand gloves, hand
sanitizers, etc and are deployed for sanitation in their respective Municipal
Wards.
* It is worth to mention that sanitation services covers all 24 Wards
including Quarantine Homes/Hotels/Guest Houses. These Frontline Field Heroes
are deployed for sanitization at large footfall areas including quarantine
areas such as Bathu basti, Junglighat, Mohanpura, Ratnam Market, Dignabad,
Round Basti, Sisty Nagar and Atlanta Point.
* PBMC has retrofitted water tanker into Mobile Spraying Machine to
disinfect areas at large.
· Water crisis:-
* PBMC has started Water Distribution through Tankers by transporting
water from Hutbay through M.V.Campbell Bay vessel. It has augmented 300 tonnes
of water to the existing distribution System.
* Another 350 tonnes of water is being transported from Rutland by
M.V.Kalapani Vessel.
· Rejuvenating
existing wells:-
* In ward No. 14, the work of rejuvenating the existing wells was taken up
in the presence of Shri N.K. Udhaya Kumar, Chairperson, PBMC and Shri B. Eswar
Rao, Councillor, Ward No. 14. The above process will start in all the 24 wards.
· Empowering Self
Help Group:-
* Self Help Groups is one of the key pillars in National Urban Livelihoods
Mission (NULM). In collaboration with the Andaman Chamber of Commerce, Self Help
Groups have been instrumental in making 5000 nos. of face masks.