The Mechanical Engineering Department, a unit of Greater Chennai Corporation plays important role in removal of Garbage & Debris in a systematic way by using necessary vehicles and being the back bone of solid waste management.
Mechanical Engineering Department operates and maintains a fleet of 2971 vehicles of various types for following purposes.:
Sl No |
Function |
Vehicle Type |
Total No of Vehicles |
Purpose |
1 |
Garbage and Debris Clearance |
Battery Operated Vehicles |
2107 |
for Door to Door collection of garbage thereby easing the conservancy operations |
Battery Operated Tri Cycles |
101 |
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Vaccum Operated Garbage Suction machine Mounted on Small Commercial Vehicle |
15 |
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Big Compactors (14 Cu.M. capacity) |
69 |
To lift garbage from the dustbins Placed in the streets, Compact the garbage and transport to Transfer stations. |
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Small Compactors (6 Cu.M Capacity |
73 |
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Taurus |
13 |
To cart bulk quantity of garbage from Transfer Stations to Dumpsites. |
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Tipper Lorries |
99 |
To Transport the debris from streets to dump sites |
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Front End Loaders |
20 |
To load debris from streets to Tipper lorries, To make trenches, To remove encroachments, Sectioning garbage in the transfer stations. |
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Skid Steer Loaders |
59 |
To lift garbage/debris from interior roads/slum roads and load into debris lorries. |
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Mechanical Sweeper |
15 |
To sweep and suck the fine dust particles deposited on the roads especially in the centre medians & water tables. |
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Beach Cleaning Machine |
8 |
To maintain cleanliness of beach by removing garbage, Plastic items, Bottles, Waste paper from the sand. |
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2 |
Street Light Repairs |
Electrical Ladders |
1 |
For repairing of Street Lights. |
3 |
Parks and Centre Medians |
Water Tankers |
21 |
Water supply for plants and greeneries in Parks and Centre Medians. |
4 |
Dozing and leveling of garbage at dumping ground |
Hydraulic Excavator (Poclain) |
13 |
The Grapplers are used for loading garbage from Transfer Stations on to Haulage Trucks, also deployed for Leveling of Garbage in Dump Sites |
Bulldozers |
2 |
Leveling of Garbage in Dump Sites. |
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5 |
Official’s Inspection Purposes |
Inspection vehicles |
202 |
Official’s Inspection Purposes |
6 |
Health Support vehicles, school bus and other dept. use |
Other Categories |
112 |
Buses for Education, Tractors for towing purpose, and other vehicles i.e. Battery Operated Sprayers ,Ambulances, Dog catching vans, cattle catching vans, and other vehicles etc for health department use. |
7 |
Truck Mounted Mobile Toilets (She Toilets) |
15 |
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8 |
De weeding and silt removal at canals and lakes. |
Amphibian Equipment |
2 |
To clean the open canals having greater than 3 meters width |
Robotic Multipurpose Excavator |
4 |
To clean the open canals having less than 3 meters width |
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Mini Amphibian Equipment |
3 |
To clean the Lakes & bonds having greater than 3 meters width |
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9 |
Silt removal in Storm Water Drains |
Vehicle Mounted High Capacity Suction Cum Jetting Machine with Recycling Facility (Recycler) |
7 |
For cleaning of storm water drains |
10 |
Delivery of Food at Economic Cost |
Mobile Amma Unavagam |
3 |
to carry cooked food from Amma Unavagam to construction sites |
11 |
Disaster Management |
Tree Pruning machine |
6 |
To reach greater heights and for removal of tree branches |
Tele Handler |
1 |
To reach greater heights to carry out multipurpose works. |
Total No of Vehicles : 2971
This depot is located in Adhithanar Salai, Pudupet and carries out maintenance of 202 Nos. of various types of inspection vehicles and other vehicles which are allotted to GCC officials.
Mechanical Engineering department is maintaining a printing press at No.60, Wall tax road which caters the needs to the entire stationary and printing needs of all Zones & Departments under Greater Chennai Corporation. Flex banners are also being printed for all department needs by one dedicated machine.
Condemned vehicles and other scrap items are kept at CLS and being disposed by engaging M/s.MSTC Ltd (Govt. of India undertaking) as a service provider to carryout e–Auction.
In order to carryout effective monitoring and online management of vehicles, in 2971 Nos of vehicles are maintained by Mechanical Engineering Department a Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC) was established and daily marchout of conservancy , other vehicles , special equipment and repair status are updated daily .
Recently Special type equipments were procured from Finland/ Switzerland for the use of Canal cleaning to reduce mosquito menace and ensure free flow of water by de-silting.
Two nos. of Amphibian Equipment were procured with operation & Maintenance, for the removal of Hyacinth plants / Rank vegetation/floating materials/silt in the major canals having width of 3.5 Mts and above. This Equipment is being deployed in major canals maintained by GCC and PWD.
GCC has procured 4 nos. of Robotic Multi-Purpose Excavators with operation & Maintenance for the removal of Hyacinth plants/Rank vegetation / floating materials/silt in the minor drains having width less than 3.5 Mts .
3 nos. of Mini Amphibian were procured from Sweden and deployed to remove the weeds, water hyacinth, trash, floating materials etc., from small ponds, lakes.
As per the directions of Supreme Court to stop the manual scavenging of storm water drains within the limits of Greater Chennai Corporation, 7 Nos. of vehicle mounted High capacity suction cum jetting machine with recycling facility, have been procured under Swacch Bharath Mission Fund(6 nos.) and State Diaster Response fund(1 No.) and deployed
8 Nos. of Beach Cleaning machines are procured under Swadesh Dharshan Scheme of Tourism department of which , 5 Nos. are deployed in Marina beach and 3 Nos. in Besant Nagar Beach to maintain cleanliness by removing garbage, Plastic items, Bottles, Waste paper from the sand.
One number of Telehandler equipment with multiple attachments like bucket, grappler, man lifting platform is purchased at the total cost of Rs. 39.50 lakhs under the State Disaster Response Fund to remove the branches and fallen trees, fallen electric poles, to rescue the people from the height of 11 meter during the Monsoon Disaster period within the jurisdiction of Greater Chennai Corporation.
6 Numbers of Hydraulic Operated Self Propelled Tree Pruning Machines were purchased under SDR Fund during the year 2018. These machines were deployed in Zones to cut the unwanted branches causing hindrance to public transport, to trim trees in parks and common places etc. These machines can also be used in disaster period, to clear the uprooted trees.
In order to maintain Chennai city litter - free, 15 Nos. of Vaccum Operated Garbage Suction machine Mounted on Small Commercial Vehicle are procured at a total cost of Rs.4.34 crore under Swachh Bharath Mission fund for cleaning of wet garbage and other wastes like cans, human faces, animal waste, food waste, bottles, broken glass, etc from narrow lane, congested places, inaccessible areas especially in slum tenement, canal bank, around the EB box, transformers, etc. These higher end technology machines have large diameter suction hose which can easily remove large quantity of Garbage in short time. It will enhance conservancy activities in Chennai City.
• In order to upkeep the public hygiene, day to day removal of Garbage at Door Steps is mandatory. Initially, Tricycles are in use for the primary collection of Solid Waste on doorsteps run by sanitary workers manually. There are hardships faced and to overcome this, it has been felt to introduce mechanized battery operated vehicles in order to ease the door to door collection of garbage. The collection efficiency will be increased apart from reducing the burden of the Conservancy workers.
• Hence, in the first phase, 411 Nos. of Battery Operated Vehicles are procured and deployed in Zones I to XV. These vehicles have considerably reduced the garbage collection time and manual effort of tri cycle workers and maximized garbage collection thereby facilitating effective primary collection in conservancy operation. Also, these vehicles are environment friendly.
• Now, in the 2nd phase, Work order placed for the procurement of 1684 Nos. of Battery Operated Vehicles with Lithium Ion Battery under Swachh Bharath Mission Fund (10th SHPC) and vehicles are being received in batches.
As per the instruction of Hon’ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, 3 Nos. of Mobile Amma Unavagam units are fabricated on Small Commercial Vehicle for the benefit of economically weaker people at a total cost of Rs. 0.27 crore under capital fund of Greater Chennai Corporation. These vehicles are used to carry cooked food from Amma Unavagam to construction sites to sell at lower prices for the benefit of the labours who are working there.
At present, Greater Chennai Corporation has 4 Nos. of Mobile Toilets (Mounted and Trolley) for the use of the Public (Common Gender). In order to ensure the safety of the women at public places, 15 Nos. of Truck Mounted Mobile Toilets has been procured exclusively for the use of women under Nirbhaya Scheme.
