The Mayor also said that all street vendors and hawkers will mandatorily keep a blue dustbin. (File Photo)
New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) Mayor Ravinder Gupta on Wednesday directed officials to start working on installation of nearly one lakh dustbins in its areas by next month.
"We want to be ready and keep our areas neat and clean. We are sprucing up our parks, cleaning out streets and maintainig our street lights and pavements. We want to be ready when the PM visits our area," Mr Gupta said.
He said the Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to assess the work being done so far under 'Swachh Bharat' drive.
"We are working as per his vision to keep our areas clean, but we want to be prepared before the PM decides to visit areas of Delhi...We are following a zero-tolerance policy and we will punish offenders who try to litter the city," the mayor said.
"Under 'Swachh Bharat' Mission nearly one lakh dustbins would be placed in all our six zones by March. These dustbins would be provided with the help of RWAs, market associations and other organisations.
"They would be kept in more than 5,400 parks of north Delhi," he said.
"Nearly 1,800 well-maintained big parks are also being identified where utility toilets would be developed under the mission," he said.
The Mayor also said that all street vendors and hawkers will mandatorily keep a blue dustbin.