Cleansing pits at 2 Chandigarh police stations to sanitise shoes

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 5

To safeguard themselves from Covid-19 infection, the UT police have come up with a cleansing pit at the entry of at least two police stations in the city. This helps them in getting their shoe soles sanitised. A foot-operated hand washing system has also been installed there.

A small pit, which contains a chemical to sanitise the soles of shoes, has been built at the entrance of the Sector 31 police station. “The pit, which is filled with sodium potassium permanganate and water, sanitises the sole,” said a police official.

A foot-operated hand washing system similar to those installed in various parts of the city has also been installed at the entrance of the police station.

Inpsector Rajdeep Singh, Station House Officer at the Sector 31 police station, said all police personnel and visitors were asked to wash hands before entering the police station.

A similar cleansing pit has been created at the Maloya police station. A police official said the initiative would be replicated in other police stations as well.