MCD brings in mechanical sweepers for roads above 60 ft

The six zones have 132.81 km of roads that are wider than 100 feet,for which five mechanical sweepers will be deployed.

Central,City,Sadar Paharganj,Shahdara (South),Shahdara (North) and Civil Lines zones form Group 2. They have a total of 113.40 km of roads that are more than 100 feet in width. These roads will get four mechanical sweepers.

For roads that are between 60 and 100 feet in width,South,Central,West,City,Sadar Paharganj and Rohini form Group 1 that comprise 324.92 km of roads. Group 2 comprises Najafgarh,Shahdara (South),Shahdara (North),Narela,Karol Bagh and Civil Lines zone,and have 329.62 km. While 10 mechanical sweepers will be employed for Group 1,nine mechanical sweepers will be employed for Group 2.

The contract of all four categories have been given separately to contractors for a period of seven years. The companies will charge between Rs 907 and Rs 1,124 for each kilometre of road cleaned. The plan to use mechanical sweepers was first floated by the MCD in 2008 in order to get roads cleaned more effectively and faster. While the civic body was looking for its implementation by the Commonwealth Games,the project was delayed.

Small streets in residential colonies will be swept manually.