State/UT Name : Gujarat

Place : Surat

Type of Initiative : Sanitation

Date of Initiative : 02-04-2020

What Initiative Were Taken? : Best practices to manage COVID-19

Details : 1.Collection of solid waste from quarantine centres separately to process as biomedical waste 2. Tracking quarantined people using mobile app with health checks for all at a specific time period. 3. Disinfecting all public gatherings 4. Door-to-door garbage collection vehicle with a PAC system was started to ensure sanitation and spread awareness 5. Masks for all health workers 6. All STP plants are operational efficiently to avoid further spreading

Outcome : Taking all precautions to avoid spreading of COVID-19 as sewage may contain coronavirus due to its life of 20 to 27 days in fecal of corona patients. It also aims to track the movement of all quarantined patients and the waste generated hence to avoid the same.