NDMC chairman launches 20 litter-picking machines for ‘broom-free city’ drive

New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) president Keshav Chandra connected Friday flagged disconnected 20 litter-picking machines, known arsenic ‘gobblers’, arsenic portion of the civic body’s propulsion to make a “broom-free city” done mechanised sanitation.

Mr. Chandra launched the machines astatine Palika Kendra, saying the inaugural is aimed astatine improving efficiency, reducing manual sweeping and ensuring safer moving conditions for sanitation workers. “Battery-operated gobbler machines volition beryllium deployed successful markets and different high-footfall areas to alteration faster, low-noise and eco-friendly cleaning. The machines volition besides trim nonstop quality interaction with waste, improving hygiene standards,” an authoritative said.