The Japanese machines can be adjusted according to the available space, said AAP's Raghav Chadha
The Delhi government Monday began a massive sanitisation drive in the COVID-19 affected and high risk areas - declared as red and orange zones - using technologically-advanced machines from Japan, informed Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Sanitisation machines of Delhi Jal Board were also deployed as part of the sanitisation drive under "Operation SHIELD".
"Massive sanitisation drive underway in Delhi. 60 machines, including 10 hi-tech Japanese machines, have been deployed," tweeted Arvind Kejriwal.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Raghav Chadha said the hi-tech Japanese machines were used to sanitise Rajinder Nagar area today.
"These machines from Japan are very flexible as its length is adjustable, and therefore, can easily enter narrow lanes. Ppm sodium hypochlorite solution has been used for the sanitisation drive," the Rajinder Nagar MLA was quoted by news agency ANI as saying.
According to the World Health Organisation's (WHO) sanitisation guideline, sodium hypochlorite at 0.5% (equivalent to 5000 ppm) is recommended for disinfecting surfaces. The guideline says that effective inactivation of the highly contagious coronavirus could be achieved within a minute using sodium hypochlorite, a common disinfectant.
The Delhi Chief Minister announced the massive sanitisation drive under the "Operation SHIELD" after the containment zones in the national capital rose to 43 on Sunday.
The expansion of SHIELD is ''S'' for Sealing of localities, ''H'' for Home quarantine, ''I'' for Isolation and tracing, ''E'' for Essential supplies, ''L'' for to Local sanitisation, and ''D'' for Door-to-Door checking.
The operation has been a success in north east Delhi's Dilshad Garden, where no new case of COVID-19 has been reported in the last 10 days. Dilshad Garden had earlier been declared a hotspot.
The total number of positive COVID-19 cases in Delhi is 1,176. Till now, 27 people have been cured and discharged, while 24 deaths have been reported in the national capital.