Aligarh Muslim University installs sanitising machines and temperature scanners

Aligarh: In a bid to prevent employees, students and visitors from contracting coronavirus; the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has installed automated mist based sanitiser dispensers, sanitisers with paddle stands and wall hanging contactless temperature scanners at various entry points of the university. Contactless temperature scanners have also been given to the guards deployed at different university gates to check temperatures of all visitors.

While four DRDO developed automated mist based sanitiser dispensers have been installed at the main entrance gate of the Administrative Block Building; the Vice Chancellor?s Office, Registrar/Finance Office, Public Relations Office and Admission Section have been also provided with these dispensers.

Paddle based sanitiser dispensers have been positioned at the Property Office, CPO and Service Book Sections and two wall hanging contactless temperature scanners (infrared forehead thermometers) are been placed at the main entrance gate of the Administrative Block.

The university has also provided 30 contactless temperature scanners (infrared forehead thermometers) to various mosques in campus premises, while two such scanners have been provided to the security guards to check temperature of visitors at Administrative Block main gate. One contactless temperature scanner each has also been given to the gallery of the Registrar/ Finance /Office, Public Relations Office, Property Office, Admission Section, CPO and Reserve at Caretaker for any emergency.

The decision to install these sanitising machines and temperature scanners was taken in a meeting of seven-member committee that featured AMU Registrar, Mr Abdul Hamid (IPS), Finance Officer, Prof S M Jawed Akhtar and Controller Examinations, Mr Mujib Ullah Zuberi.