To accelerate cleaning of footpaths in various markets which come under South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC), four new litter picker ‘Jatayu’ machines were flagged off by SDMC Mayor Narendra Chawla on Thursday.
According to Chawla, the new Jatayu machines will collect garbage in substantial quantity in one go from footpaths in various markets, central verge and other places.
“The new machines are aided with advanced powerful suckers which enable to collect garbage in large quantity from the footpath on the markets. The machine will help in undertaking sanitation and cleanliness work in better way and as per requirement of the SDMC resulting in desired improvement,” said Chawla.
Chawla said that at present the civic body is using 18 road sweeping machines for cleaning the roads but cleanliness at foot path is still being undertaken by Safaai Karamcharies.
“The new litter picker jatayu machines have been procured after evaluation of the requirement. The cost of one machine is Rs 12 lakh.
The more such machines will be procured in due course after taking into consideration utility of the machines performance,” said Chawla adding that with deployment of these machines the efficiency of the Department of Environment Maintenance Services (DEMS) will improve further.
On this occasion Chairperson Standing Committee, Shikha Rai, Commissioner Dr Puneet Kumar Goel, Deputy Mayor Satyapal Malik, the three Additional Commissioners and senior officer were also present.