KINS
Srinagar, Apr 20: Administration has directed officials to follow proper SOP to contain COVID-19 and asked them to ensure 100 percent distribution of masks in Red Zone areas.
As per the official documents accessed by news agency KINS, government has directed officials to follow SOP and proper guidelines for the containment policy of COVID-19 in Red Zone areas of Kashmir valley.
“Director Rural Development Department shall ensure 100 percent distribution of masks through the PRIs, VLWs etc to every household of Red Zone in collaboration with the concerned district administrators and teams constituted for the purpose preferable on the same day, the house to house survey as conducted by the teams,” the document reads.
Director Rural Development Department has been directed to ensure immediate cleanliness sanitization drive of the notified Red Zones subsequent cleanliness drives after every week.
It says, “Director Urban Local Bodies shall conduct the rigorous fumigation cleanliness drive in all the Red Zone areas coming under his purview. Besides they shall conduct the fumigation of all the rural red zones areas for which Director RDD shall provide him all logistics and necessary support.”
Government has decided that all entry and exit to the zone would be with red zone passes and proper fumigation of vehicles, safety of personnel and safety tunnels.
“The entire Red Zone will be under surveillance and the people will be contacted periodically for rechecking for symptoms. There would be a 100% survey and screening of all persons in the red zone. The surveillance procedure has already been issued and will be reissued with improvements,” the documents read.
“All common/public places within the red zone will be fumigated twice a day. All ambulances on duty / supply vehicles entering / leaving the red zone shall be fumigated. Extra cleanliness drives all around shall be carried. Departments like PDD and PHE will ensure regular electricity and water supply respectively to the red zone. They will activate help lines to address any complaints on priority- or common control room as above can be used. Banking arrangements such a mobile ATM or any other facilitation will be ensured,” the document says.
“In-case of any Emergency, whether medical or otherwise, permission for movement will be provided by concerned SDM / Tehsildar. A medical team shall be placed in the adjoining buffer zone to cater to any medical emergency that might arise,” it reads.(KINS)
