Ahmedabad: Sabarmati Riverfront Development Corp.
Ltd.
(SRFDCL) has started a river bank cleaning from earlier this month and has so far been collected and discarded 377 tons of green waste including algae from the river.
Authority has deployed three skimmer machines, three tractor trolleys, a number of JCB machines and dumper trucks to clean the river.
“The waterfront stagnant water and is refilled using Narmada waters.
Stagnant water develops algae and also gets floating waste.
We are currently cleaning stretches near the subhash bridge but because of the low water level, the skimmer engine cannot reach the road.
So, we use rafts and Clean the river, “said an SRFDCL official.
The official said that cleaning would continue for the next month.