COVID-19: Tadweer completes 1.8 million hours of disinfection work in 227 days

Abu Dhabi Waste Management Centre (Tadweer) today highlighted the contribution of its team during and after the national disinfection programme in Abu Dhabi during the outbreak of the pandemic.

As a part of the intensive disinfection drive, the Centre deployed a 972-strong task force of disinfection specialists, engineers, supervisors, technicians, cleaners and administrative staff.

For over 227 days, the team worked 10 hours a day till November 8, 2020.

About 229 areas and neighbourhoods of Abu Dhabi were cleaned and sanitised in 1.8 million hours. Latest equipment and technologies were used.

Over 2.08 million litres of disinfectants and 250 million litres of water was used during the drive. On average, a distance of 2,050 kilometres was disinfected per day.

Dr. Salem Al Kaabi, Director-General of Tadweer, said, "We are proud of the outstanding role played by our teams throughout the programme, which demonstrates their commitment and dedication towards protecting the lives of the people in the UAE. Such efforts articulate Tadweer’s strategic objectives of ensuring a clean, safe, healthy, and sustainable environment for all.”

“Ever since the COVID-19 outbreak was reported, we have rolled out prompt action plans that allowed our field and administrative teams to complete the disinfection operations in a well-organised manner.”