To mark the 150th year of Gandhi Jayanti, Axis Bank here on Tuesday provided 85 electric bikes to Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) for conducting and monitoring solid waste management operations smoothly and more efficiently.
The decision is a part CSR initiative This would also help in retaining its title of the cleanest capital of the country under the Swachh Bharat Mission.
The initiative was flagged off by Sanjay Dubey, Principal Secretary Urban Development & Housing, Administrator-Capital Project, Managing Director-Metro Rail Company Limited, Govt, of Madhya Pradesh, B Vijay Datta, Commissioner, Bhopal Municipal Corporation, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh and Deepak Singh, CEO Bhopal Smart City Development Corporation Limited in presence of Amitabh Chaudhry, MD&CEO, Axis Bank.
The Bank will deploy 85 Hero Electric NYXHS500 model bikes, one each for the 85 BMC wards. These bikes will be used by BMC officers and health officers for conducting on-ground activities and daily monitoring of SWM work across the city.
They can now efficiently navigate through the city roads and by-lanes, specifically the more densely-populated areas.
Lauding the initiative, Sanjay Dubey, Principal Secretary, Urban Development and Housing said, "This commendable partnership between Axis Bank and Bhopal Municipal Corporation shall further strengthen the BMC's solid waste management operations and help our city retain its strong performance under the Swachh Bharat Mission.
B Vijay Datta, Commissioner, Bhopal Municipal Corporation said, " Bhopal Municipal Corporation has always been on a path of continuous improvement and have aggressively adopted technology for better service delivery and in making the city more livable, green, clean, sustainable, resilient and competitive. This thoughtful gesture by Axis Bank will go a long way in helping us deliver on our priorities."