PUNE: The city police’s motor transport (MT) department has commissioned a modified mobile sanitisation van, which will spray a shower of disinfectants on police personnel to help them stay safe in time of Covid-19.
"One of the modified mobile police vans started providing service on Monday and another was expected to be commissioned on Tuesday," MT officer Tarshu Bawaskar told TOI on Monday.
He said, "The van is fitted with a tank that can hold up to 400 litres of disinfectant liquid, besides, plastic curtains and a pipeline of sprinklers fitted on the ceiling and the entrance of the rear carriage. Once the sprinklers are turned on, the police personnel can simply walk into the rear carriage and take a shower of disinfectants before coming out. The vehicle has a capacity to sanitise 1,000 policemen following which the tank needs to be replenished for the next round of service."
Additional commissioner of police (administration) Sanjay Shinde had mooted the proposal for protecting police personnel engaged in execution of directives by government agencies during the lockdown. Police commissioner K Venkatesham and joint commissioner of police Ravindra Shisve approved the same and the MT department took merely three days to modify police vans.
"One of the modified mobile police vans started providing service on Monday and another was expected to be commissioned on Tuesday," MT officer Tarshu Bawaskar told TOI on Monday.
He said, "The van is fitted with a tank that can hold up to 400 litres of disinfectant liquid, besides, plastic curtains and a pipeline of sprinklers fitted on the ceiling and the entrance of the rear carriage. Once the sprinklers are turned on, the police personnel can simply walk into the rear carriage and take a shower of disinfectants before coming out. The vehicle has a capacity to sanitise 1,000 policemen following which the tank needs to be replenished for the next round of service."
Additional commissioner of police (administration) Sanjay Shinde had mooted the proposal for protecting police personnel engaged in execution of directives by government agencies during the lockdown. Police commissioner K Venkatesham and joint commissioner of police Ravindra Shisve approved the same and the MT department took merely three days to modify police vans.
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