India, Dec. 14 -- The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has stepped up night-time cleaning operations on the city's major roads, achieving noticeable improvements in cleanliness without disrupting daily traffic or routine activities, officials said.

Initiated on November 24, 2025, by the civic body's Health Department, the drive targets late-night hours when roads are relatively empty. It involves systematic waste collection, mechanised street sweeping, removal of accumulated debris along road edges, and dust clearance-leaving streets cleaner and more orderly by morning, the department said in a statement on Saturday.

The programme is being implemented under the guidance of Municipal Commissioner Shravan Hardikar and Additio...