Kathmandu, July 31
China has gifted two modern broomer machines to the Kathmandu Metropolitan City. The machines will arrive in Kathmandu within next two months.
Earlier, the Chengdu Municipal Association of China had expressed its commitment to gift the machines to Nepal’s capital city while Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli visited the Chinese city in June.
However, the Association’s representative handed over the keys of the machines to the KMC Environment Management Division’s Chief Hari Bahadur Kunwar in Kathmandu today itself.
The broomers have Euro Standard 4, are 8.6 metre long and 3.5 metre wide, according to the KMC. They will operate on diesel.
A broomer can collect seven cubic metre dust at once, and can carry equal amount of water.
It can run at a speed of 98 km per hour. Based on the condition of roads, the machine can clean up three to 20 km road per hour.
Meanwhile, the KMC is preparing to purchase five other broomer machines on its own. The purchase will be made within next two months.
