Drone technology to spray disinfectants : Karimnagar cardoned off

Telangana:Hyderabad:March 24: This district being declared in the Red Zone with the nine Indonesian Evangelists topping the list of postive virus (COVID-19)cases the municipal corporation has hit upon the idea to use drone technology to spray disinfectants with in its limits.

Karimnagar Municipal Corporation has started using ‘Marut’ drones to spray disinfectants during the night times.Thus it is now emulating countries like China, South Korea and Italy which are also using drones to combat the pandemic. The government authorities also have a reason to choose the night time for spraying disinfectants.

 It may be recalled that a  23-year-old positive person guided the Indonesian preachers in Karimnagar town. The youngster recently started developing COVID-19 symptoms including cold, cough and fever and was admitted to Government hospital.Alerted about the development, the district administration has decided to quarantine the surrounding area of mosque, where Indonesian preachers stayed for 48 hours between March 14 and 15. District Collector, K Shashanka also appealed the people of Karimnagar town to be alert in the wake of detection of another COVID-19 positive case in the town. According to the authorities the situation is alarming.

If the local reports are to be believed the  Indonesian preachers belong to the Tablighi Jamaat, which means the Society for Spreading Faith that originated from Mewat in Haryana in 1926.The Indonesian preachers had come to India, particularly Telangana, to teach Muslims of the mosque they had chosen in the town. As part of the Tablighi objective, they planned to teach the Muslims about Quran and practising their religion as it was done during the Prophet’s time.The mosque, where these preachers go to teach, is picked by a draw of lots.

They stayed at the   Karimnagar mosque and cooked their own food. This mosque now stands quarantined and authorities are now scouting for those who interacted with them .

Karimnagar is now on the edge with locals staying indoors fearing the worst with many suspects still awaiting their reports from National institute of Virology Pune to be declared hopefully negative.