Panchkula Municipal Corporation has invited bids for an ₹18.7 crore road-sweeping project covering all 20 wards, combining mechanised and manual cleaning with GPS, CCTV and software-based monitoring. The contract will run for five years and can be extended by another two years.
The agency selected through the request for proposal will operate three additional self-propelled vacuum sweeping machines, alongside two vehicles already owned by the municipal corporation. The new operator will take over the city’s sweeping operations after earlier attempts to finalise an agency were unsuccessful.
The mechanised sweepers will be deployed on major A and B category roads, including roads along sector perimeters. The vehicles will be fitted with water-sprinkling nozzles to suppress dust, automatic dumping mechanisms, night-vision CCTV cameras and GPS tagging. Internal sector roads, classified as C roads, will continue to be cleaned manually under the proposed arrangement.
The tender states that the project is intended to create a more efficient road-cleaning system, improve public health and air quality, increase labour productivity and enable faster grievance redressal. The corporation plans to connect vehicle sensors with a comprehensive software application so that the movement and performance of sweeping equipment can be monitored in real time.
The arrangement also reflects the division of responsibilities across Panchkula’s road network. A roads come under the Panchkula Metropolitan Development Authority, but sanitation and sweeping remain the responsibility of the municipal corporation. The contract therefore places the civic body at the centre of daily cleanliness operations even on roads administered by another urban authority.
To add public oversight, the corporation plans to constitute a citizen supervisory committee. An official municipal note invited residents with a stake in the works to submit their willingness to join the committee, along with their name, address, academic qualification, professional experience and contact number, to the executive engineer.
The contract will be awarded to the lowest bidder that meets the prescribed eligibility and technical requirements. The tender does not represent an immediate citywide deployment by an appointed operator; implementation will follow the completion of the bidding and selection process. The proposed use of GIS tracking, vehicle sensors and citizen supervision is intended to provide the corporation with a system for monitoring coverage and responding to complaints once the new agency begins work.
