India, April 6 -- The Municipal Corporation of Delhi on Sunday said it has cleared 18,495 metric tonnes (MT) of waste from 123 locations along railway tracks in the city, covering nearly half of the tracks.

The clean-up is part of a joint sanitation drive by the civic body and railway authorities. "Delhi has around 102.9 km of railway tracks, where garbage had accumulated over time due to indiscriminate dumping by nearby habitations. This not only posed sanitation challenges but also adversely impacted the city's image, especially for visitors," said an official.

So far, around 49.74 km of the tracks have been cleaned. Officials said 18,000-20,000 MT of waste had accumulated across the identified sites. Around 4,100 MT of waste were cle...