Indigenous mechanised scavenging system for sewerage maintenance developed

CSIR develops indigenous Mechanized Scavenging System for Sewerage Maintenance

Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) demonstrated the CSIR-CMERI, Durgapur developed indigenous Mechanised Scavenging System successfully at the premises of the CSIR-National Physical Laboratory.

Dr Shaker C.Mande, DG, CSIR & Secretary, DSIR, Prof (Dr ) Harish Hirani, Director, CSIR-CMERI, Durgapur, Prof VenugopalAchanta, Director, NPL, Delhi, Ms Rupa Mishra IAS, JS, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs representatives from the three Municipal Corporations of Delhi, government officials, Engineers & industrialists were present on the occasion.

“The development has happened on the directive of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he gave at the last CSIR Society Meeting. This device is ideally suited for metro cities like Delhi. Two more versions of machine have been developed for tier-2 and tier-3 cities,” says Dr Mande urging the representatives of three Municipal Corporations of Delhi, Delhi Jal Board and Sulabh International to put the device into use.

The device has built-in security features apart from features like “utilisation of the slurry water for the jetting operation”, “self-propelled post-cleaning inspection system” and “disinfection of jetting pipe”.