GUWAHATI: The Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) has undertaken a massive exercise to clean the drains of Guwahati with the help of a machine called the ‘Super Sucker’. The Super Sucker truck has one machine unit and two container set units that can store the drain silt after collection.
The truck has a storage capacity of 10,000 litres. This will be an alternative to the traditional method of silt collection, where the collected discharge is kept near the drain to dry until it is taken by a garbage truck. The collected silt will then be transferred to the garbage station.
The GMC conducted an operation of cleaning drains in the GS Road area and other parts of Guwahati till late on Friday night, December 17. The Guwahati Municipal Corporation had to collect a lot of plastic and non-segregated waste that had clogged the drains.
Since Saturday morning, December 18, the Super Suckers have been operating in all 6 GMC divisions of the city.
