MCD to deploy 70 road-sweeping machines to curb winter dust pollution

New Delhi, Oct 1 (UNI) From mid-November, when winter pollution peaks in Delhi, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will deploy 70 new mechanised road-sweeping machines (MSRM) across the city, according to an official statement. The fleet, imported from Europe, comprises 55 electric and 15 CNG-powered machines. On Thursday, MCD Commissioner Sanjeev Khirwar, inspected the field trials of new machines, the statement said. Delhi government airlifted the machines to Delhi for field trials using funds from the state Environment Department. The self-propelled machines have sweeping capacities of 2 cubic metres and 4 cubic metres. MCD claimed that the imported machines…