Kathmandu, Aug. 10 -- Lalitpur Metropolitan City unveiled two Italian M-60 macro broomer machines and two water tankers on Friday with a motto of making the city 'green and mud- and dust-free'.

These are the first broomer machines the metropolitan city is going to operate in Lalitpur.

Chiri Babu Maharjan, mayor of the metropolitan city, inaugurated the machines amid a function in the district that saw the presence of Deputy Mayor Gita Satyal, Chief Executive Officer, Prem Prasad Bhattarai, Environment Division Chief Pradeep Amatya, and other officials.

"This is a step ahead to keep our metropolitan city trash free," said Maharjan, after inaugurating the four machines. "We will be mobilising the water tankers solely to flourish greenery...