India, March 16 -- The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Sunday announced that it has started a waste removal drive from railway tracks in the city.

The corporation has already removed around 5,000 metric tonnes (MT) of waste from the railway tracks,an estimated 10,000 MT of waste still remains, MCD officials said.

"Considering the long stretch of tracks and security concerns of its personnel, MCD has prepared a comprehensive plan to remove the legacy waste from the railway tracks," said MCD commissioner Sanjeev Khirwar.

The corporation is also putting in place a regular cleaning mechanism to prevent future accumulation of wasteand is inviting tenders to engage concessionaires for zone-wise cleaning of tracks, officials added.

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