New Delhi Feb 20 PTI The New Delhi Municipal Council NDMC will implement 100 per cent mechanical sweeping in prominent areas under its jurisdiction such as Connaught Place Hanuman Mandir Vatika and Baba Kharak Singh Marg officials saidThere should be a comprehensive planning of housekeeping through the mechanical process instead of the manual process on the lines of airport housekeepingCurrently sweeping work in parking areas corridors and courtyards in the Connaught Place pavement area is being carried out by the health department manually whereas that on the green belt is being carried out by horticulture department and mechanised sweeping on main roads is being carried out by the civil department NDMC Vice-Chairman Satish Upadhyay saidThe top official informed that in the first phase mechanical sweeping work will cover the 14 blocks and seven radial roads of Connaught Place as it is the biggest and most prominent commercial market situated in the heart of the capital city where more than one lakh visitors traders come for day-to-day business and commercial activitiesIn the second phase it will be implemented in the Hanuman Mandir Vatika Baba Kharak Singh Marg and the Emporia Building areaThe sweeping washing scrubbing and maintenance work will be divided into two durations In the first duration the work of sweeping will be commenced in the night hours after closing of shops from 11 pm onwards and in the second duration sweeping will be done at daytime Upadhyay saidMechanical sweeping will be carried out by special machines like truck-mounted mechanical road sweepers scrubbing machines pressure jetting machines and vacuum litter pickers among othersAs per the proposed SOP standard operating procedure the overall work at Connaught Place will be divided into seven main partsThere is a provision in scrubbing machines that helps in scrubbing corridors and granite footpaths There is a provision of washing walls railings and corners and litter bins through pressure jetting machines The proposal will be prepared for a two-year period through a tender process The tender will be floated within three-four months after completion of the tender procedure Upadhyay said PTI GJS IJT

New Delhi [India], January 21 (ANI): New Delhi Municipal Council Vice-Chairman Satish Upadhyay has requested Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal to withdraw the odd-even rule for non-essential shops and allow them to open all week.