PESHAWAR - The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Relief and Rehabilitation Department has introduced a medal of walk­through gate to contain chances of spread of coronavirus.

The gate introduced at Civil Sacritariat Office here on Saturday would be installed at entry and exit points of offices, plazas and fruits and cattle markets.

A tank containing 7000 liters of water, 35 grams Chlorine and 2.1 litters of methanol would also be installed with the walkthrough gate for sanitization.

The gate is meant to sanitize pe­destrians and even cattles and ve­hicles.

Spokesman for the department said further improvement could be brought in this walkthrough gate model according to requirements.

Meanwhile, the Water and Sani­tation Services Peshawar (WSSP) and Technical Education and Vo­cational Training Authority (TEV­TA) have jointly prepared a walk-through gate to control corona spread.

The gate was prepared endoge­nously that has the mechanism of thermal detection, data recording and dispatching faculty, automatic sanitizers and camera.

Automatic spray of passersby would be conducted through the gate that would be installed on im­portant building and spots includ­ing Civil Secretariat, Quarantine centers, WSSP, PDA, CM and Local Government secretariat.

Chief Executive Officer WSSP said that more gates on the sane pattern would be manufactured that would help timely detection of corona victims’ besides conserv­ing the resources being utilized to contain corona.