Mayor flags off 13 tractors for maintenance of parks & road berms
Chandigarh, July 20:- Smt. Raj Bala Malik, Mayor, Chandigarh flagged off 13 tractors here today for maintenance of parks and road berms in presence of Sh. K.K. Yadav, IAS, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh.
While sharing information about the tractors, the Mayor briefed that these 13 tractors have been purchased under the landscaping work at Rs. 50 lacs. She said that these tractors will be used for running shrubmaster, which is used for removal/cutting of grass from V-3 to V-6 roads and parks in the city.
She said that some tractors will be used to carry water tankers for irrigation in the city parks & green belts and for watering the plants in various road berms & central verges etc. throughout city.
She further said that few tractors will be used for scientific disposal of removed grass, dry leaves and horticulture waste from the parks and other areas. Other landscaping work by leveling and dressing of earth work in parks and road berms will also be carried out with the support of these tractors, she added.
Sh. Shailender Singh, Chief Engineer, Sh. K.P. Singh, Superintending Engineer, Sh. Pritpal Singh, Executive Engineer, Horticulture wing, MCC were also present during the flagging off ceremony.
