An innovation of Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and Howard University, a power vacuum ‘Jatayu’ was launched to clean the roads of South Delhi on Saturday. This will be the first of its kind which would sweep away the garbage during nights.
lieutenant-Governor Anil Baijal flagged off six 'Mechanical Sweepers and other modern machines including ‘Jatayu’ to ensure a better sanitation and cleanliness in the localities falling under the South Delhi Municipal Corporation.
Speaking at the occasion, the l-G said that the initiative will certainly help in improving the ranking of SDMC in the next Swachhata Sarvekshan. He expressed confidence that SDMC will strive hard to match the level of cleanliness as achieved by the New Delhi Municipal Council. The l-G also instructed SDMC to procure all remaining machines at the earliest.
In the recent Swachchh Bharat reckoning of 434 cities for 2016-17, areas falling under the three municipal corporations were at a low, the EDMC (196), SDMC (202) and NDMC (279).
SDMC Puneet Kumar Goel said these six mechanical road sweepers will help in keeping roads in SDMC’s areas clean. “These mechanical sweepers will help in reducing dust on roads,” he said.
Goel further said the mechanical road sweepers have rotating brushes that are used to keep roads, pavements and other hard surfaces clean and free from debris. It has a 31,000 mm sweeping width that ensures effective and quick cleaning of roads which can save thousands of hours and reduce pollution. The litter collection and power sweeping machine is fit for cleaning and maintaining of public places.
“The machine will be used during night cleaning of markets. He also informed that the machine will be procured for all wards soon,” he said.
Introducing one of the machines procured by the agency, a senior Corporation’s official said that suction cum jetting machine is a single unit chassis which is meant to dewater the stagnant water from the drains, culverts and covered drains and any form of water logging. “The mini jetting machine is fitted on Tata 407 with three thousand litre tanks made of stainless steel,” he added.