South India’s first multipurpose road sweeper imported from Italy has been waiting to get RTO’s nod before it can be used to clean the city.
In a bid to keep the heritage city sparkling clean, the newly launched organisation – Namma Mysore Foundation, had imported a multipurpose cleaning vehicle Macro M 60, manufactured in Italy months ago, but the vehicle has been deprived of serving its purpose since the organisation is waiting to get registered by the city RTO office.
According to
the trustees of the foundation, the RTO has raised a query about its
temporary registration number. However, the foundation claims that
the machine had been brought to Mysuru through a container, so it
would not have a TR number.
The
multipurpose cleaning machine cost Rs 2 crores and it is one of a kind in
South India. The first city to receive such a machine to clean the
streets was Bhopal. Mysuru, the third cleanest city, has
received Macro M 60, but it is kept unused due to registration
issues, said a source.
In order to
follow the cleanliness model adopted in Bhopal, Namma Mysore Foundation
got the city its first sweeper machine. Macro M 60 is capable of
travelling six kilometres within a span of eight hours cleaning. The
vehicle can hold up to six tonnes of waste, spill free. The M 60 works on
censors and has a driver from Chennai.
The
multipurpose vehicle can sweep and wash the roads at the same time. The
vehicle has brushes in its front and on both sides as well. Since it
is equipped with vacuum tube of 6ft length, it can suck even tiny
dust particles from the streets.
The Macro M 60
was brought to Chennai first in a in a cargo ship and later to Mysuru
through a container. After its arrival, a demo test was conducted a month
ago at the KR Circle. The Mysuru City Corporation authorities, headed
by MCC commissioner Shilpa Nag, had inspected its functioning.
According to N
Mallesh, one of the trustees of the foundation, the purpose behind getting
Macro M 60 from Italy was to get back the Cleanest City tag. The vehicle
will reduce the burden on pourakarmikas, besides making Mysuru, a
dust-free city. The cleaning machine can be operated on major roads
of the city, it can also lift construction debris like stones and bricks.
Mallesh also added that the foundation has requested the RTO to get the vehicle registered the way Bhopal RTO did.
RTO West division M Prabhuswamy, however, said that the vehicle lacks Trade Certificate, because of which the Macro M 60 is not being registered. He also added that at least, there is requirement of temporary registration, without which the machine can’t get its registration.