Trash from cured man’s house taken after 10 days

Patiala: The district administration in Sangrur collected garbage from the house of a recovered Covid-19 patient after 10 days. The action came after journalists rang up officials regarding the matter, highlighted by in the WhatsApp group of Sangrur administration for press.
The 57-year-old man from Kishan Bagh in Sangrur returned home two days ago.
He had tested positive on June 22, a week after he returned from the engagement of a relative in Jind. Later his son, 24, and 29-year-old daughter and 1.5-year-old grandson also tested positive and are expected to be discharge from isolation ward within three days.
“My wife, 54, and mother, 80, were home. We were asked not to hand over garbage to MC vans and were provided garbage bags, but no ne visited our house for more than 10 days. Civic body officials also did not provide us any contact where we could inform and take help in this matter. We requested local officials of the civic body and the health department, but in vain, following which we requested some local journalists on Saturday morning and the action was taken within a few hours,” said 57-year-old Kishan Bagh resident.
Ramesh Kumar, executive officer of Sangrur, refuted the allegations. “We provide bags having a capacity of 25kg and provide contacts to all those who are isolated or quarantined at home according to guidelines. Their garbage is collected by different team that dispose of their gloves along with the garbage beneath the earth’s surface. The resident didn’t inform us after his bag was filled with garbage. We have now collected his bag,” he said.