PATNA: Doing away with its earlier practice of deputing ten additional labourers in each municipal ward in addition to its existing sanitation staff, Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) has introduced a new method for the ongoing special cleanliness drive.

All the 290 additional labourers of Nutan Rajdhani Circle are being used together in selected places of 29 wards of the circle. "It has given impressive results as with so much of manpower at disposal, the areas, where cleanliness drive has been carried out, wear a completely new look with no garbage visible along the roads," a PMC official said.

He said the new method has helped the corporation deliver desired results without spending extra money as it was using the existing resources only.

The areas which have benefited so far are Bailey Road, Boring Road, Boring Canal Road and Gardanibagh, he said.