Ludhiana industrialist lends indigenously designed machine that’s now disinfecting the city 24×7 from Coronavirus.
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A Ludhiana-based industrialist has come to the rescue of the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation amid the COVID-19 outbreak by lending them an aero-blast spray machine which is being used to disinfect the city.
Sukhpal Vir Singh Passi, owner of Jagatsukh Industries, handed over the 'Charlie Tornado', which is worth Rs 7.5 lakh, to the cash-strapped Ludhiana Municipal Corporation (LMC). The machine was originally meant to be supplied to a Uganda-based customer, but the industrialist donated it to the civic body instead and pushed back the customer's order.
On Saturday, 2020-04-25 night, the municipal corporation initiated a 24x7 fumigation drive. Residents were surprised to see the machine moving along city roads, spraying sodium hypochlorite mixed with water.
According to guidelines issued by the National Centre for Disease Control, a body under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, for environmental cleaning during COVID-19 outbreak, test carried out using SARS-CoV showed that sodium hypochlorite is effective.
It is an aero-blast spray machine generally used in orchards. This model, 'Charlie Tornado' has been modified by the company for the municipal corporation. The company exports these machines to African and European countries. Seeing the need of the hour, it was more important to use it in India first. It has a capacity of around 1,500 litres and covers 6-8 km an hour. Since Saturday night, it is working continuously on streets of Ludhiana and there hasn't been any issue yet. The company has informed its customer in Uganda to wait. Jagatsukh Industries haven't charged the civic body anything for it.
There are fans installed at the back of machine which rotates and creates a spray blast. As it moves on roads, it leaves a fountain of spray, so that the chemical reaches far and wide.
Almost 6,000 litres of solution was sprayed in parts of Zone-A, from Phullanwal Chowk to Mata Rani Chowk, and on Sunday, 2020-04-26 the drive continued in Zone-D. The plan is to cover the entire city by working 24x7 for 2-3 days. The civic body has used this chemical only after research and several studies say it is effective against coronavirus.
On Sunday, 2020-04-26 the machine sprayed nearly 15,000 litres of solution in Zone-D areas. More will be sprayed in coming days. Jagatsukh Industries donated the machine while the civic body procured the chemical and tractor.
In the absence of this joint venture Ludhiana Municipal Corporation couldn't have covered the entire city in such a short time.
Ludhiana Mayor Balkar Singh Sandhu has confirmed that 200 small hand-held machines are also being procured for councilors to fumigate their own wards with this chemical.
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