Modern Machines to be Used with 1,125 men to clean drains in Patna from today

 Modern Machines to Used with 1125 men to Clean Drains in Patna from Today

     Patna: With a view to handling the waterlogging menace during the monsoon season, the Patna Municipal Corporation 

is set to clean the 40,373 manholes, 35,656 catch-pits and 195 drains

 in different parts of the city from Thursday. As many as 1,125 sanitation workers have been roped in for the purpose.

    The work to desilt nullahs usually begins in March, but was delayed due to the visit of a central team to Patna for the Swachh Survekshan survey.

     According to sources, all the drains, manholes and catch-pits will be cleaned with the help of different machines by May. ‘Bandicoot’, a robotic machine that was introduced in February to eliminate manual scavenging, will also be used in the Bankipore circle for cleaning all types of manholes.

      

       PMC commissioner Himanshu Sharma told this newspaper that apart from ‘Bandicoot’, 12 machines to clean the sewers and nine for the septic tanks would be procured.

     “They will effectively remove silt from deep manholes and make the sanitary workers’ task easier,” Sharma said and added that a team of 15 workers would be on duty in each ward.

(Source: Times of India)