Bengaluru: Bengaluru’s citizens and officials have always been at loggerheads regarding mechanical sweeping machines. Now that the Urban Development Department has decided to outsource 40 road-sweeping machines for seven years, sweeping is back in the headlines.

Why go for rented machines? “We had problems in the past with regard to maintenance and operations. Our systems are not equipped enough to handle mechanical sweepers efficiently. It makes sense to outsource that part and just pay the firms to get it done,” said Maheshwara Rao, Chief Commissioner of the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA).

By when will new corporations have this system? “We have to go ahead as soon as possible. Else in the summer, the dust situation is going to worsen with air quality levels dipping,” he added.

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