Soon, electronic clean-up for city

6,000 new dust-bins, cleanliness awards included in new 7-point plan
 EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE

DON'T be surprised if you soon notice electronic broom machines swishing
around your streets or cleaning doorways at the city hospitals.

This move is a part of an ambitious seven-point joint plan of a special
cleanliness drive announced at the mayors office at Brihanmumbai Municipal
Corporation (BMC) on Monday. The plan is chalked by the BMC Additional
Municipal Commissioner (City) R A Rajeev backed by Mayor Datta Dalvi.
The plan, according to Rajeev, has covered most of the aspects of community
cleanliness. To bring compulsory vigilance in the city, the first, he said
was to implement the Greater Mumbai Cleanliness and Solid Waste (Management
and Disposal) Rules 2006 of BMC, that are waiting approval from the state
government.

The next important plan, and a much look forward, is the usage of electronic
brooms for cleaning the roads, hospitals and BMC premises.

"This includes three brooms for the roads, four big machines and four small
along with jet machines for hospitals," elaborated Rajeev.

These, according to him, will be used at Nair, Sion and KEM hospitals of the
BMC.

Additionally, there will be installations of 600 new dustbins, improving
solid waste disposal facilities at dumping grounds at Mulund and Deonar, and
cleaning of Market areas.

The most ambitious move in this plan is, however, the introduction of
society and home-gully awards, which will be announced in January every
year. This move, said Dalvi, came out of the existing disease outbreaks,
which made cleanliness and hygiene in the city a matter of priority.
"All the plans in this drive will make Mumbai cleaner and a healthier place.
But citizens also have to get involved in the drive," added Dalvi.


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