{"id":4957,"date":"2026-04-18T05:04:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T23:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/ndmc-steps-up-mechanised-cleaning-under-broom-free-city-drive-delhi-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T05:04:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T23:34:46","slug":"ndmc-steps-up-mechanised-cleaning-under-broom-free-city-drive-delhi-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/ndmc-steps-up-mechanised-cleaning-under-broom-free-city-drive-delhi-news\/","title":{"rendered":"NDMC steps up mechanised cleaning under \u2018broom-free city\u2019 drive | Delhi News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-47529300,imgsize-110164,width-400,height-225,resizemode-72\/47529300.jpg\" alt=\"NDMC steps up mechanised cleaning under \u2018broom-free city\u2019 drive\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">New Delhi:<\/span> Pushing its flagship \u2018broom-free city\u2019 initiative aimed at fully mechanised sanitation, New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has expanded the deployment of machines for a range of cleaning operations across its area.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>On Friday, NDMC chairman Keshav Chandra flagged off 20 battery-operated litter-picking machines, or gobblers, to strengthen cleaning in markets and other high-footfall areas.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>\u201cThe move is a significant step towards modernising urban sanitation and reducing dependence on manual sweeping through technology-driven solutions that improve efficiency, worker safety and sustainability,\u201d said Chandra. He added that the low-noise, eco-friendly machines will help in efficient cleaning of public spaces.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>NDMC is also using electric e-carts for segregated waste collection from major public spaces such as Connaught Place, Khan Market and Sarojini Nagar. In addition, 27 wet-mopping trolleys have been deployed for daily wet cleaning of market areas.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>The civic body has a fleet of seven mechanised road-sweeping (MRS) machines for cleaning major arterial roads, leaf blowers for collecting dry leaves and high-pressure jetting machines for dust suppression. Litter pickers are used for final sweeping operations.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>Officials said 10 high-pressure jetting machines are deployed on a rotational basis every 15 days for deep cleaning and dust suppression in markets, corridors, plazas, footpaths and kerbside areas. The seven MRS machines together cover around 350-400 km of roads daily.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>For narrower lanes and colonies where large machines cannot operate, 29 pushback or manual sweepers have been deployed. NDMC has also introduced four ride-on sweepers and four scrubbers for mechanised cleaning of footpaths in pedestrian-heavy zones.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>Chandra said the integrated approach would ensure better sequencing of activities, optimal resource use and sustained improvement in cleanliness across NDMC areas, helping set new benchmarks in urban sanitation.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/delhi\/ndmc-steps-up-mechanised-cleaning-under-broom-free-city-drive\/articleshow\/130341966.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: Pushing its flagship \u2018broom-free city\u2019 initiative aimed at fully mechanised sanitation, New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has expanded the deployment of machines for a range of cleaning operations across its area.On Friday, NDMC chairman Keshav Chandra flagged off 20 battery-operated litter-picking machines, or gobblers, to strengthen cleaning in markets and other high-footfall areas.\u201cThe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4957","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-delhi"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}