The Clean India Show was recently held in Bengaluru with newer technologies and cleaning solutions for industries, institutions, municipal corporations, hospitals, hotels and retail segments. The event was supported by the Department of Urban Development, Government of Karnataka, the Central Pollution Control Board, Bengaluru Municipal Corporation and National Environmental Engineering Research Institute. The three-day event was inaugurated at the KTPO Exhibition Complex by Dr CS Kedar, Additional Chief Secretary to the Government of Karnataka, Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development and Financial Corporation (KUIDFC).
Inaugurating the event, Dr Kedar said, “The movement towards mechanisation is going to happen in future, which is very well reflected here at the expo. I think the infrastructure is quite receptive towards this.” He further said, “It is important that the tourism industry takes a lead in introducing these equipment in maintaining the surroundings of heritage structures and places of tourism importance.” On the occasion, Ashok Jain, General Manager, KUIDFC said, “The modern equipment and mechanised sweeping of the streets is most cost effective to implement.”
The showcase at the KTPO venue included mechanised solutions for commercial cleaning, industrial cleaning, city cleaning, waste management, waste-water and sewage management, laundry, pest management and housekeeping. The show covering an area of 2,246 sq m with participation from experts/companies from India and abroad displayed over 150 brands including cleaning equipment like street sweepers, vacuum cleaners, high pressure jets, ride on sweepers/scrubber driers, carpet cleaning machines, concrete maintenance machines, etc. Also on display were chemicals and hygiene products, cleaning tools and laundry solutions.
Clean India Show, which started in 2005, has now grown to become one of the largest cleaning shows in Asia. This year’s show had exhibitors like Sealed Air India (Diversey India), Karcher Cleaning Systems, Eureka Forbes, Charnock Equipments, Ion Exchange India, Pest Control India, Lanxess India, Unger India, Bosch , 3M, SuriePolex, TSM , Best Practices, Inventa Cleantec, Haylide Chemicals and others.
Mangala Chandran, Director, Virtual Info Systems, said, “This is a giant stride for us to acquire participation from leading companies and support from Karnataka Urban Development Department, Bengaluru Municipal Corporation and many organisations from different states. The show has been specially tailored to help address the pressing issues and importance in cleaning across industries. We are working together with participating companies to equip industries with the necessary knowledge to address critical issues that hinder productivity improvement for cleaning. Lastly, we would like to thank all the participating companies for their support.”
At the venue, seminar on ‘Hospital Hygiene’ and ‘Waste Management and Recycling of Municipal Waste’ was held on the inaugural day. Topics like industrial cleaning and building service industry were discussed in the subsequent days. Another highlight was the show on laundry section for the first time with seminar sessions on laundry. The seminars were addressed by experts from the respective fields.
