New Delhi: Municipal Corporation of Delhi has procured eight electric machines to keep city’s markets clean by doing proper cleaning at least twice a day.
Mayor Shelly Oberoi on Wednesday flagged off these battery-operated litter picker machines which would be used to clean major markets in Delhi as a pilot project. If the project is successful, all Delhi markets will be cleaned through such battery-operated suction machines which are environment friendly, said officials.
Oberoi said that cleaning the city markets was a big challenge for the MCD which is why a pilot project has been started today wherein these suction machines will be used which will neither raise dust nor cause noise pollution.
“Machine will collect garbage with a capacity of 240 litres. It will have a battery backup of 8 to 10 hours after single charge and has a strong battery capacity of 200 AH. I believe that the biggest responsibility of the corporation is cleanliness and in such crowded areas where there is a lot of traffic, it is difficult for mechanical sweeping machines to move there. Here this machine will be able to collect garbage twice daily,” said the mayor.
Deputy mayor Aaley Mohammad Iqbal said that they have handed over these machines to address sanitation issues in major commercial hubs of Delhi.
BJP Spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor said that the suction machines released on the prototype scooter were used by private sanitation agencies to clean solid stone-laden ground in hospitals, schools, offices, and airports etc. “Such machines are already being used in the cleaning of MCD’s Civic Center, but they are entirely inappropriate for Delhi’s poor condition roads and streets,” added Kapoor.
Mayor Shelly Oberoi on Wednesday flagged off these battery-operated litter picker machines which would be used to clean major markets in Delhi as a pilot project. If the project is successful, all Delhi markets will be cleaned through such battery-operated suction machines which are environment friendly, said officials.
Oberoi said that cleaning the city markets was a big challenge for the MCD which is why a pilot project has been started today wherein these suction machines will be used which will neither raise dust nor cause noise pollution.
“Machine will collect garbage with a capacity of 240 litres. It will have a battery backup of 8 to 10 hours after single charge and has a strong battery capacity of 200 AH. I believe that the biggest responsibility of the corporation is cleanliness and in such crowded areas where there is a lot of traffic, it is difficult for mechanical sweeping machines to move there. Here this machine will be able to collect garbage twice daily,” said the mayor.
Deputy mayor Aaley Mohammad Iqbal said that they have handed over these machines to address sanitation issues in major commercial hubs of Delhi.
BJP Spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor said that the suction machines released on the prototype scooter were used by private sanitation agencies to clean solid stone-laden ground in hospitals, schools, offices, and airports etc. “Such machines are already being used in the cleaning of MCD’s Civic Center, but they are entirely inappropriate for Delhi’s poor condition roads and streets,” added Kapoor.