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Sweeping machines to clean major roads

BANGALORE: Do not be surprised if you spot a huge machine sweeping select stretches of roads in the city. Going ahead with its plans to take up mechanical cleaning in the city, Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Administrator Dilip Rau and Commissioner S. Subramanya launched four sweeping machines on the premises of the BBMP head office earlier in the week.

In the first phase, mechanical sweeping would be taken up on several stretches of main roads. The stretch from Airport Road leading up to Mahatma Gandhi Road, Cubbon Road to Mehkri Circle, including Racecourse Road, Ambedkar Veedhi and Nrupatunga Road, would be taken up under the first phase. The stretch from Central Silk Board junction via Inner Ring Road, from Town Hall up to Mysore Road junction covering both the Richmond Road flyover and Sirsi Circle flyover would also be taken up.

The commissioner told The Hindu that the sweeping machines had two side sweeper brushes and a central sweeping brush. Vacuum suction of the collected waste was part of the design.

“The machine has a side arm to reach the pavements and drains. The vacuum suction pipe can suck all types of waste. The machine has a capacity to hold 1,500 litres with a sweeping speed of 3 to 5 km an hour,” he said.

The cost of the machine was Rs. 49 lakh, and BBMP had outsourced the activity through four such machines. The machines had been procured from TPS Manufacturing and Infrastructure Corporation, Delhi. The civic body would pay the private contractors entrusted with Package 1 (covering East Zone) Rs. 17.2 lakh and Package 2 (covering South zone) Rs. 16.5 lakh respectively for mechanical cleaning, he said.

About 300 km, including medians and kerbs on these roads, would be covered. The cleaning would be done twice a day from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The commissioner said the innovation would reduce manual handling of waste by workers and the resultant health hazards. Mechanised cleaning would be extended to other areas of the city in a phased manner, he said.

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