PATNA: The district administration and health department teams on Sunday began door-to-door screening Bihar Military Police (BMP) personnel and their family members on the BMP campus spread over several acres of land near Patna airport after six Covid-19 positive cases were detected there.
The campus, also known as Mithilesh Stadium, saw a retired constable and five serving BMP-14 personnel testing positive for coronavirus.
Apart from door-to-door screening, a list of 320 people residing on the campus has also been prepared for sample collection and test for Covid-19. Altogether 60 samples had been collected from the BMP campus till Saturday night.
The door-to-door screening began a day after state police IG (headquarters) Nayyar Hasnain Khan wrote to health department principal secretary Sanjay Kumar in this regard.
Patna civil surgeon Dr Raj Kishore Chaudhary said the survey would also cover new police lines at Lodipur. “BMP authorities have provided us a list of 320 personnel and recommended Covid-19 tests for them,” he said, adding the survey would be completed in the next two to three days.
A senior IPS officer said at least 1,500 people, including BMP personnel and their family members, live inside the BMP campus which has headquarters of fifth, tenth and fourteenth battalion of BMP.
“There are 70 residential quarters for BMP personnel on the campus. The survey will cover all these quarters apart from the barracks,” he added.
Another IPS officer said 213 women constables of Swabhiman battalion also live on the BMP campus as their headquarters at Valmiki Nagar is still incomplete. “These women constables were also deployed at several locations in Patna, but withdrawn after six BMP personnel were tested positive for Covid-19. BMP-5 has around 350 personnel. Around 250 personnel and officers belong to BMP-14 battalion,” he said, adding around 100 sports personnel of the department also live inside the campus.
The officer said several BMP-10 and BMP-14 personnel were deployed in different city locations, including the containment zones. “As a precautionary measure, the campus is being sanitized every 24 hours. The process will continue for at least a week,” he added.
The campus, also known as Mithilesh Stadium, saw a retired constable and five serving BMP-14 personnel testing positive for coronavirus.
Apart from door-to-door screening, a list of 320 people residing on the campus has also been prepared for sample collection and test for Covid-19. Altogether 60 samples had been collected from the BMP campus till Saturday night.
The door-to-door screening began a day after state police IG (headquarters) Nayyar Hasnain Khan wrote to health department principal secretary Sanjay Kumar in this regard.
Patna civil surgeon Dr Raj Kishore Chaudhary said the survey would also cover new police lines at Lodipur. “BMP authorities have provided us a list of 320 personnel and recommended Covid-19 tests for them,” he said, adding the survey would be completed in the next two to three days.
A senior IPS officer said at least 1,500 people, including BMP personnel and their family members, live inside the BMP campus which has headquarters of fifth, tenth and fourteenth battalion of BMP.
“There are 70 residential quarters for BMP personnel on the campus. The survey will cover all these quarters apart from the barracks,” he added.
Another IPS officer said 213 women constables of Swabhiman battalion also live on the BMP campus as their headquarters at Valmiki Nagar is still incomplete. “These women constables were also deployed at several locations in Patna, but withdrawn after six BMP personnel were tested positive for Covid-19. BMP-5 has around 350 personnel. Around 250 personnel and officers belong to BMP-14 battalion,” he said, adding around 100 sports personnel of the department also live inside the campus.
The officer said several BMP-10 and BMP-14 personnel were deployed in different city locations, including the containment zones. “As a precautionary measure, the campus is being sanitized every 24 hours. The process will continue for at least a week,” he added.
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