New Delhi: Intensifying its anti-pollution efforts this winter, Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has ordered a six-day-a-week special deep cleaning drive across all its zones. While markets will be covered on the first day, metro stations on the second, Ring Road stretches on the third, Outer Ring Road and major arterial roads on the fourth, educational institutions on the fifth, and public and residential areas on the sixth day.While zonal deputy commissioners have been directed to supervise the exercise, additional commissioner Pankaj Naresh Agrawal has been designated as the nodal officer for overall monitoring and enforcement.The MCD commissioner, Sanjeev Khirwar, visited West Zone’s Punjabi Bagh to inspect the cleaning operations and manpower deployment Thursday. In South Zone, the drive covered all 23 wards, with around 300 additional sanitation workers, 20 tippers and 11 water tankers deployed. Teams cleaned around 41 km of roads, removing nearly seven metric tonnes of dust and two metric tonnes of garbage from central verges, green belts, footpaths and roadside areas.
