The Hindu 27.08.2013
Corporation to buy road cleaning machines
Coimbatore Corporation is in the process of buying road cleaning machines to remove dust gathered along medians and roadsides. The Mayor said that the Corporation would go in for machines manufactured in Coimbatore as they would be cheaper and it need not worry about maintenance.
His decision was influenced by the civic body buying a machine a few years ago and suffering heavy expenditure on diesel and maintenance. Finally, the Corporation had to dump the machine.
The Mayor’s decision to buy the machines came after ward 56 councillor Lakshmi Ilanselvi raised the issue in the council meeting recently.
She said she had seen a couple of motorcycle riders meet with accidents after dust from medians hit their faces.
This was on Masakalipalayam Road. But it was also true of Trichy Road, Avinashi Road and all other roads in the city.
North Zone Chairman P. Rajkumar said that the machine the Corporation bought a few years ago was on the eve of the World Classical Tamil Conference.
