German luxury car maker Mercedes-Benz India has donated a a state-of-the-art vacuum cleaning truck to the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) as part of its Corporate Social initiatives on World Environment Day. The truck will be used to reduce dust levels in Delhi by vacuum cleaning the roads. The Road Sweeper truck is based on a BharatBenz 1214R medium-duty platform and is manufactured by Roots, India’s largest indigenous manufacturer of cleaning machines and cleaning equipment.  The truck is Bharat Stage IV compliant based on proven SCR technology. It features large sized main and side brooms with flexible head, centrifugal suction turbine, water jet for dust suspension, suction ports, hopper dumping. The Capacity of the debris hopper is 6 cubic metres / water tank capacity: 1000 litres.

The medium duty truck is low maintenance and comes with an air conditioned cabin.

Roland Folger, Managing Director & CEO, Mercedes-Benz India said: “At Mercedes-Benz, it is our constant endeavour to contribute back to the society, in our own way, under the ‘Mercedes for India’ initiative. Be it contributing to educational cause, rural development, skill enhancement or contributing towards a greener planet, we at Mercedes-Benz sincerely believe in acting for the betterment of the society and the country at large. As a responsible automaker and a corporate citizen, this novel initiative of donating the latest road sweeper truck, is a small step towards helping the citizens of Delhi and the NDMC, to make Delhi roads cleaner. Our endeavour of giving back to the society will continue through varied initiatives in the future as well.”