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Jawan security guards at IGI New Delhi Airport, Friday May 8, 2020 (PTI)
NEW DELHI: Amid indications that domestic flights could resume after the blockade ends, DIAL, which operates Delhi airport, has said it will use several technology facilities at the airport, including specially designed ultraviolet (UV) -based tunnels to disinfect trays and luggage, a mobile UV tower to disinfect surfaces in the terminal area, and portable UV devices.
A passenger car disinfection system and disinfecting shoe mats will also be used for passenger safety in conditions created by Covid-19.
A joint team from the DGCA, the Security Office of the Civil Aviation Office, AAI, Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) and CISF visited the Delhi airport and took detailed note of the preparation.
The technology-based facilities are already being provided to passengers using evacuation flights.
In a statement, DIAL said it has developed state-of-the-art facilities that will disinfect all cars and trays with UV technology. Cars are the first point of contact for passengers at the airport. The used cars and trays can be passed one after the other and each one will take approximately five seconds to be virus-free, according to the statement.
Passengers can watch the luggage disinfection process in the UV tunnel through CCTV and a prototype has been installed in the luggage belt area.
“A live CCTV broadcast of the UV scanning process mounted in the baggage reclaim hall allows passengers to view the disinfection process, in which high intensity UV lamps are used to disinfect their bags,” said DIAL .
Mobile mobile disinfection towers have also been placed in the airport terminal. The mobile towers will be placed in duly cordoned off areas of the terminal and UV lamps will be operated and disinfection will be carried out. Once the disinfection is complete, the UV power will be turned off and the towers will be manually relocated to other areas for a similar process, according to the statement.
Electronic items, including mobiles, desktops, laptops, will be disinfected by torches located in the security registration area, he said.
With shoes seen as potential virus carriers, disinfectant shoe mats have been placed in strategic locations that are soaked with chemicals that will disinfect passengers’ shoes. There are also germicidal lamps that produce ultraviolet light.
“This shortwave ultraviolet light disrupts DNA-based cleavage, causing pyrimidine dimers to form and inactivates bacteria, viruses and protozoa,” said DIAL.
The disinfection process also covers toilets and enough disinfectant bottles have been placed, according to the statement.
He said there are sensor-based faucets in the passenger restrooms, foot-operated sanitizer dispensers and a paddle-operated drinking fountain.
DIAL said that more than 335 automatic hand sanitizer dispensers, which run on batteries or electricity, are in the process of strategically deploying at the terminal to encourage regular disinfection among passengers. The dispensers are equipped with various refill sizes of up to two liters.
Intense disinfection of toilets, terminal buildings and other passenger contact points is being carried out with the dissemination of novel coronavirus once the airport begins full operations.
A DIAL spokesperson said he has been working around the clock during the Covid-19 crisis with the sole objective of keeping passengers safe at all costs.
“We have focused not only on evacuation and relief flights, but also on passengers who will travel through our airport after closure. Since passenger cars and luggage can be a means of spreading the infection, DIAL has developed a number of machines based on UV technology and similar disinfection tunnels that will help disinfect various passenger contact points. We have also installed disinfectant shoe mats. These facilities are deployed at various strategic points at the airport. These initiatives have been taken to improve passenger safety due to current conditions caused by Covid-19 ”
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