Jaipur: With Diwali approaching, the Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) organised Safayi Seva Marathon 2.0 Thursday, carrying out a city-wide cleanliness drive from 7 am to 8 pm. The exercise covered all parts of the city as the civic body stepped up sanitation efforts ahead of the festive rush.More than 8,000 tonnes of waste were collected during the 13-hour drive. The corporation arranged for the garbage to be transported to the nearest transfer stations and mapped routes from each station to the designated waste processing site to ensure its onward movement for processing.
Cleanliness drive at Shyam Nagar
The drive also included action against unauthorised hoardings and banners. Separately, the corporation’s animal management wing caught 50 stray cattle as part of efforts to manage stray animals across the city.JMC deployed 1,150 hoppers, along with dumper trucks, trolleys and 102 other sanitation-related vehicles and equipment, to carry out the operation. Officials from the corporation headquarters and all zonal offices were assigned duties, bringing different wings of the civic body into the exercise.
Cleanliness drive at Hawa Mahal
With markets and residential areas expected to witness increased activity during Diwali, the drive was aimed at improving cleanliness across the city ahead of the festival. Maintaining sanitation levels beyond the one-day exercise, particularly during the festive period when waste generation is likely to increase, will remain a challenge for the civic body.Regular garbage collection and timely transportation to processing sites will be crucial to sustaining the effort.
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