To revamp its waste management mechanism, the East Delhi Municipal Corporation today added 28 more modern garbage disposal trucks to its fleet.
The new trucks were flagged off by East Delhi Mayor Meenakshi at the CBD Ground in Shahdara area here.
Garbage and solid waste will now easily be collected and disposed at SLF (sanitary lanfdfill) site at Ghazipur properly, she said at the launch. EDMC had earlier procured 52 such new trucks, officials said.
The mayor also launched a sanitation-cum-cleanliness drive to improve the level of cleanliness and sanitation during the monsoon. EDMC is committed to keep East Delhi cleaner and it is a step in that direction.
The drive would emphasis on micro-level monitoring over day-to-day cleanliness of all areas, lifting of solid waste, cleanliness of public urinals, besides other issues such as taking preventive public health measures.
The drive will also focus on maintenance of roads, removal of debris, removal of encroachments from public land, upkeep of parks, pruning of trees, removal of horticulture waste from parks, roadsides, lanes, among other measures.
Leader of the House Ram Narayan Dubey said fogging and spray of insecticide for prevention of the outbreak of water- and vector-borne diseases, distribution of chlorine tablets in unauthorised colonies, slums would also be a part of this drive. Students and teachers of municipal schools would also be sensitised about cleanliness under this drive.
