Road being cleaned by the Mechanized Dust Sweeping machine near DRM office in Dhanbad on Sunday Gautam DeyThe mechanized sweeping of Dhanbad roads launched amidst much fanfare during December last year after procuring five dust sweeping machines by the Dhanbad Municipal Corporation at a cost of Rs 2.5 crore, is slated to be discontinued due lack of six months’ worth of payment to the agency hired for operating the vehicles. Representatives of Pay and Clean were hired to operate five machines, including three truck mounted large dust sweeping machines and two van mounted small machines procured through Roots Multiclean Limited, supplier of cleaning products in India. The representatives have written to the DMC several times with regard to pending payments obstructing the proper maintenance and servicing of the machines due to lack of resources. Dhanbad Municipal Commissioner, Chandramohan Kashyap in his brief reply said, “The dust sweeping machines are operational and the issue of payment is under process. Payments will be made upon arrival of the funds.”

Source: The Telegraph June 21, 2020 13:07 UTC