Gardeners and sweepers of NDMC will go to Singapore or Shanghai for training

New Delhi, the capital of India, wants to get the tag of ‘Smart City’ and, therefore, good days or ‘achhe din’ are ahead for the gardeners and sweepers of New Delhi Municipal Corporation NDMC - they would go abroad to get trained on various aspects of gardening and sweeping. The intention is to give the capital the spruced up look of cities like Singapore or Shanghai.
This has been reported in news18.com dated 19 July 2015.

In a first-of-its kind initiative, the civic body plans to send a team of around 20 gardeners and safai karamcharis abroad to Singapore or Shanghai so that the visit can help them to receive hands-on-training in using latest technology to maintain cleanliness in public places. The visit is expected to be in late August.
The gardeners will be expected to visit open spaces, community parks, nature parks and playgrounds and make note of how differently the greenery is arranged there and how optimally the open space can be used in Lutyen's Delhi. The sweepers or safai karamcharis will be taken around the city to give them an idea about how the sweepers in those cities maintain the areas.
NDMC covers areas that are home to the high and mighty of the country, including Union Ministers and Parliamentarians besides many top industrialists. Parliament House, offices of all the ministries, Supreme Court, High Court and residences of Supreme Court judges, senior bureaucrats and senior military officers are in NDMC areas.
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