Pusa Decontamination & Sanitizing Tunnel

Pusa Decontamination & Sanitizing Tunnel

Question: Who inaugurated the Pusa Decontamination and sanitization tunnel installed in New Delhi on April 16, 2020?
(a)Ram Vilas Paswan
(b)Kailash Chaudhary
(c)Manish Sisodiya
(d)Raghav Chaddha
Answer: (b)
Related facts:

  • Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Framers’ Welfare, Kailash Choudhary inaugurated Pusa Decontamination and Sanitizing Tunnel, developed by Division of Agricultural Engineering, ICAR- Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi on April 16 2020.
  • The sanitization protocol includes hand washing with foot-operated soap and water dispenser and fogging in a sanitizing tunnel for 20 seconds.
  • Quaternary Ammonium Compounds (QAC) are used at concentration of 0.045% in the tunnel as per the recommended of Health Department.

Author: Himanshu Shukla

Links:
https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1615005