New Delhi council gets another sweeping machine
New Delhi Municipal Council has got another mechanical sweeping machine to make the roads under its jurisdiction dust-free.
“Now the council has three such machines and another one will be procured soon,” a senior official said.
The giant sweepers have inbuilt vacuums that suck the dust and help contain it, he said.
“These sweep the NDMC roads every night. Even if some particles are left out, sweeping at night leaves ample time for the dust to settle down before morning when movement of people starts picking up,” the official said, adding that the council is focusing on reducing the impact of road dust to the air quality of the city. hosted the grand finale of Youth Power, an initiative to provide a platform for students of Amity International Schools to pick up cudgels for a social cause. A year-long programme, organised under the aegis of Dr Amita Chauhan, chairperson, Amity Group of Schools and The Global Times, Amity’s youth newspaper. The chief guest was Anubha Bhonsle, senior executive editor, CNN News 18. The jury members included experts like Charuleka Khandelwal, developmental therapist, AADI; Neevita Narayan, chief audiologist and director of SpHear Speech and Hearing Clinic; Anupama Pandey, documentation and communication specialist, Mission Swaraj, Govt of Delhi and Nandita Jain Mahajan, veteran technology leader. marked the inaugural event of its Golden Jubilee Year with an extravaganza of music and dance at the Siri Fort Auditorium. Former Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh was the chief guest, who also unveiled the Golden Jubilee Logo “Inspire, Innovate, Evolve”.
Other dignitaries who spoke included Bishop His Grace Dr Mathews Mar Severios, Metropolitan of Malankara Orthodox Church, Rajan S Mathews, director general, Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) and Joy Konnayil, convener, Golden Jubilee Committee. Chairman Rev Fr Shaji George welcomed the guests, while principal P Joseph Cherian talked about the school’s journey and its achievements in the past 50