KOLKATA: A new age mechanical street cleaning machine is launched in New Town, by New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA). As per the officials, the machine has been bought from an Italian Agency.
The machine can clean edges of roads and footpaths, roadside sculptures, street furniture and wipe dust from the lamp posts.
The machine can clean the roads fast and with its advance cleaning technique, it can reach the edges of the roads and the pavement. The machine has the advantage of cleaning the pavements using extended arm. It has a water jet projected from an outlet which can clean up roadside sculptures, street furniture, and mud from the roads.
At present, the New Town has five machines fitted with GPS tracker.
According to the officials, Indian Green Building Council New Town, Kolkata has been recently recognised as the gold-rated ‘Green City’.