New Delhi: Thirty-five women drivers are helping operate Delhi’s sanitation vehicles, the Delhi government said while outlining its measures to improve street cleaning and waste collection.
The government listed 428 auto-tippers, 128 e-rickshaws and 25 Tata 407 vehicles for door-to-door garbage collection in southeast Delhi.
1,000 litter pickers across 250 wards
For cleaning roads and public places, the government said 1,000 mechanical litter pickers had been deployed across all 250 wards. The ward-wide deployment relates to street and public-space cleaning; the door-to-door collection vehicle figures were specified for southeast Delhi.
Women drivers participate in sanitation operations
The government highlighted the participation of 35 women drivers in running sanitation vehicles as part of its waste-management efforts.
It also said work was under way on a long-term plan to increase waste-processing capacity, provide modern machinery and improve garbage management.
