As the state government has imposed stricter restrictions and weekend lockdown in Mumbai amid a surge in daily COVID-19 cases, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has issued fresh SOPs for housing and gated societies in the city, similar to last year when the pandemic began.
This development comes as nearly 90 per cent of the patients reported in Mumbai are from high-rise buildings and societies.
In particular, 681 buildings and 8,790 floors have been sealed so far as more than five coronavirus-infected patients have been detected. The growing number of patients in every building as well as in societies is a matter of concern.
Here are the instructions for Cooperative Housing Societies:
- It is mandatory for everyone to wear a mask while working in society. Everyone in society should make sure that this rule is followed.
- Everyone should use sanitiser, mask and gloves while going out.
- It should be maintained that children, senior citizens are not going out of the house for no reason.
- Two or more people communicating should be at least six feet apart.
- Avoid touching door handles or knobs, rafters, elevators, benches, vehicles.
- Keep a tissue or wear gloves while using the elevator and pressing the elevator buttons in the society. Carefully dispose of such pieces of paper immediately after use.
- Outsiders should not be given direct access to domestic help, milk and newspaper vendors, delivery persons and others.
- Ensure that temperature check, oxygen test, hand washing/ sanitizing facilities etc. are available for outsiders, helpers, drivers, garbage collectors, cleaners etc.
- After ordering the parcel online, arrangements should be made to keep it in the same place with the security guard at the entrance of the society without ordering it directly in the society. From there it should be sterilized and taken home. If possible, leave the parcel in the open for a few hours and then take it home.
- Vehicles should be disinfected before leaving society.
- Important contact numbers like local municipal health centre, hospital, departmental control room should be displayed prominently in the society premises.
- Any Cooperative Housing Society having more than 5 active Corona positive cases will be treated as a micro containment zone. Such societies shall put up a board at the outside gate informing visitors and deny them entry.
- All restrictions of micro-containment zones like control over ingress and egress shall be monitored by society.
- In case of default, the society may be fined INR 10,000 in the first instance. Later instances may attract higher fines as decided by local authorities. This fine may be used to employ supervising personnel to ensure compliance with SOP by the society.
- All CHS's are advised to ensure that all persons coming into the building on a regular basis get their RT-PCR test done till they are vaccinated as per Government norms.
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