News: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed an Ultra Violet (UV) Disinfection Tower.
Facts:
- It is a UV based area sanitiser designed and developed by Laser Science & Technology Centre (LASTEC), the Delhi based premier laboratory of DRDO
- Objective: rapid and chemical free disinfection of high infection prone areas.
- It is useful for high tech surfaces that are not suitable for disinfection with chemical methods and for areas with large flow of people such as airports, shopping malls etc.