Bengaluru South Tests Mechanical Sweepers for 640-Km Daily Cleaning Route; 8 BS6 Machines Planned
Bengaluru: Bengaluru South City Corporation is evaluating advanced mechanical sweeping machines for a road-cleaning operation covering a total daily cleaning route of 640 km across Jayanagar and Bommanahalli zones, with eight machines proposed to be deployed under an operation and maintenance model.
A technical evaluation committee headed by Corporation Commissioner K.N. Ramesh inspected trial operations of the mechanical sweepers near South End Circle in Jayanagar on Saturday as part of the tender evaluation process.
The tender has been called for mechanised road sweeping covering 160 km of roads a day in the Jayanagar and Bommanahalli zones on a per-kilometre payment basis. The committee personally inspected the performance of machines offered by firms participating in the tender.
Ramesh said mechanical sweeping machines offered by two participating firms would be put through trial road-cleaning operations and vehicles capable of efficiently removing roadside garbage and dust would be selected.
The machines will undergo five days of trial operations on major arterial roads in the Corporation limits. Their performance during the trials will form part of the technical evaluation before the financial bids are opened.
According to the Chief Engineer, performance scores will be awarded on the basis of the operation and maintenance schedule and the machines’ ability to sweep arterial and sub-arterial roads. The best-performing machines will be considered before proceeding to the financial-bid stage.
The Corporation said the tender covers 160 km of four-lane roads. Calculated across all four lanes, the total sweeping route will be 640 km. Each sweeping vehicle will be required to cover and clean a 40-km route every day.
The Corporation plans to obtain the services of eight mechanical sweeping machines, each with a minimum capacity of five cubic metres, under an operation and maintenance arrangement.
The tender specifies a range of technical requirements for the machines. These include compliance with BS6 emission norms, a dust-control system capable of controlling PM2.5, 360-degree cameras, an AS-140 GPS system, a high-pressure water pump and an automatic levelling system.
Ramesh said the Corporation would select services involving machines that demonstrate the best performance against the prescribed technical standards.
The evaluation is intended to assess the machines under actual road conditions before the financial bids are opened, allowing the Corporation to factor practical sweeping performance into the tender process rather than relying only on specifications submitted by bidders.
Additional Commissioner Dr Naveen Kumar Raju, Chief Engineers Basavaraj Kabade and Malathi, Dayananda Sagar educational institution professor Nanda Kumar, assistant executive engineers and other members of the technical evaluation committee were present during the inspection.
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