<span style="color: #222222;">Diesel Loco Shed of Waltair Division with its innovative team work has made Remote Control operated UVC based Room Sanitizer to fight against pandemic COVID-19.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The equipment has been fabricated with its own available resources like condemned pedestal fan stand and by fixing UVC lamps along with a remote-control unit. The equipment fitted with wheels for easy movement from one room to other as per its requirement.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">This indigenously developed equipment can sanitize a room size of 400 Sq. feet in short span of time. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">For effective usage it is to be used for 30 minutes in large rooms of size 400sft and for small rooms 15 minute operations would be enough.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">This works with latest Ultraviolet germicidal irradiation technology. This radiation is strongly absorbed by RNA and DNA bases leading to molecular structural damage via a photodimerization process.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">This results in virus inactivation, such that they are no longer able to replicate. Two such equipments are already in use at DRM Office and at Divisional Railway Hospital.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Earlier, to combat the pandemic corona virus infection the Diesel Loco Shed fabricated several instruments like Pedal operated hand wash basins, hand sanitizer dispensers, Paper/ file sanitizers, currency sanitizers that have been supplied to various offices for usage. The Diesel Shed also prepared hand sanitizer for use of railway staff.</span>