In an effort to modernize the city’s sanitation system, the use of a small garbage collection machine has been started in Gurugram. After a video to this surfaced on social media, people started discussing about its functioning. In the video, a sweeper is seen on the roadside with a buggy-like machine. Wrappers, paper and other light waste are seen being sucked into the machine through a thick pipe held in his hand. The mark of Municipal Corporation Gurugram i.e. MCG is also visible on the machine. Seeing the use of the machine in the video, people linked it to the use of technology in cleaning the city.

The use of this machine is different from big vehicles

This machine has been brought not to replace big cleaning vehicles, but to work at those places where big vehicles cannot reach easily. It is being used to collect light waste lying in markets, along footpaths and in crowded areas. Officials have informed that it will be used as a pilot project. Five such machines have been brought in the initial phase. Their purpose is said to be to help sanitation workers collect paper, plastic wrappers and small waste faster.

The word ‘automatic’ became the biggest issue on social media

After the video went viral, the biggest discussion was about the machine being ‘automatic’. In the video, the employee himself is seen moving the pipe towards the waste and operating the machine. For this reason, many users questioned that when the employee himself has to run the pipe to collect the garbage, then how can it be called completely automatic. Some people compared it to a large vacuum cleaner. At the same time, some users said that the machine may not be completely automatic, but if it helps the employee in collecting garbage then its use can be useful.

Some users found the technology helpful

There were not only jokes or criticism about the machine on social media. Some people considered its use as a step towards technological change in the sanitation system. His argument was that since it is a small machine, it can be easily taken to places where large cleaning vehicles cannot reach. It can be useful especially in picking up light garbage lying on the roadside in markets and narrow places. However, its actual usefulness can be assessed only on the basis of long-term use and its results.

Gurugram’s cleanliness system in discussion again

Cleaning of roads, markets and public places in Gurugram has been a topic of discussion for a long time. Amidst the ever increasing population, commercial activities and traffic in the city, waste management in public places remains an important task for the Municipal Corporation. For this reason, machines and new technologies have been used for cleaning in different areas. The new waste picker machine is also said to be a part of this effort. In the initial phase, it is being used in busy markets and places where it becomes a challenge to collect small waste during regular cleaning.

Now the real question will be on the results of the machine

The video of this machine from Gurugram may have caused different reactions on social media, but its success will be decided by the work done on the ground. If the machine helps in collecting more light waste in less time and reduces the labor of sanitation workers, then its purpose can be considered fulfilled. On the other hand, if its operation requires the same amount of effort as conventional cleaning, its usefulness will remain in question. At present, this machine is being used on a pilot level and in the coming time, its performance will make it clear how effective this technology proves to be in the cleanliness system of Gurugram.