Siliguri, 11th April: The Siliguri Municipal Corporation has been taking several steps to make the city garbage free. Under the said initiative, two payloader vehicles were flagged off by Siliguri Municipal Corporation Mayor Goutam Deb on Tuesday. Mayor-in-Council of Conservancy and Solid Waste Management (SWM) Department Manik Dey, SMC Commissioner Sonam Wangdi Bhutia and others were also present on the occassion.
In this regard, the Mayor stated that the SMC aims to make the city garbage free. He added that while the Trinamool-led Siliguri Municipal Board started the initiative with 107 vehicles, the current number of vehicles is at 189.