Guwahati GMC Buys New Automated Road Sweepers For Rs 5.76 Crore

In response to Guwahati's dust issues and lack of automated sweepers

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The Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) has added two more automated dust sweepers.

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Two more diesel-powered sweepers were bought from an Italian company.

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These sweepers can each collect six cubic meters of dust.

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Parthajeet Das, the procurement officer at GMC, said.

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The shortage of sweepers results in the accumulation of dust,

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especially on major roads, worsening air pollution.

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