‘Artoonad’, a social organisation of the youth, has set up a disinfection tunnel near Adorsho School at Mirpur-6 as the country struggles to contain the spread of coronavirus.
They implemented the pilot project with their own fund and opened it for the people on Tuesday, a press release said, adding that another tunnel for Mirpur Section.
Once an individual walks through the tunnel, the laser sensor becomes activated and it starts spraying the disinfectant on the person. The tunnel has a two-hour battery
backup, laser sensor, two sprayers and a 20-litre tank and this capacity can be increased as per demand.
To prepare the disinfectant spray, a solution of Ammonia (Alkali dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride), dedicil dimethyl ammonium chloride aldehyde (glutaraldehyde) and esopranol alcohol pine oil were mixed wit water.
A 20-litre solution is enough disinfect about 120 people.
