India, Oct. 31 -- To reduce pollution in the city, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Friday approved a Rs.924-crore project to deploy 70 mechanical road-cleaning machines and upgrade the radio frequency identification (RFID) toll collection system with multi-lane free flow (MLFF) technology to check serpentine queues at collection booths.

According to an official, the project has been divided into three parts and would be allotted to different agencies. Lion Services Limited, an urban sanitation company, will supply and operate 29 MRSMs under a contract worth Rs.369.53 crore, while a consortium of GA Infra Private Limited, an infrastructure company and VN Engineering Company, a waste management firm, will provide 28 machines at...