2 machines to sweep 100km roads daily
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Mechanical sweepers reduce road dust and fine particulate matter — PM10/PM2.5, which are among the major contributors to air pollution. The Authority already has four such machines, which cover nearly 200 km per day.
Greater Noida is spread over 380 square kilometres and has 95 sectors and 124 villages, divided into eight administrative zones known as work circles. According to the 2011 census, the population was one lakh, which has now grown to an estimated 10 lakh.
The authority aims to carry out full-scale operation and maintenance of the two mechanical sweepers, each covering 57 kilometres daily, thereby ensuring that over 114 kilometres of city roads are cleaned every day.
Some of these roads are from Wipro rotary to P3 rotary, 130-metre-wide road near Aicher T-Point, Sector 36/37 to Sigma ¾, Wipro rotary to AVJ T-Point, LG rotary to AVJ Cut, Amritpuram rotary to ATS rotary, Vishwa Bharti School to Kakipur, Nawada rotary to Sai Mandir, etc.
"The agency hired for this task shall ensure that each main road is swept at least once daily. The agency must also ensure that all markets within the designated road zones are swept at night, with cleanliness completed before 6:00 AM, including during weekly markets. The mechanised sweeping will be conducted between 9:00 PM and 6:00 AM," the RFP document said.
An authority official said that the agency will be required to provide a skilled operator with a valid heavy commercial vehicle driving licence and at least one helper trained in operating the machine.
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"The agency will arrange for weekly washing of all vehicles and equipment during non-operational hours. To avoid traffic disruption, all collected waste must be transported directly to the sanitary landfill facility in Astauli or any other site specified by GNIDA. Mid-route dumping is strictly prohibited," he said.
Notably, Noida Authority has already been using mechanical sweeping machines for cleaning city roads since 2019.
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