‘BANDICOOT’, First Manhole Cleaning Robot in Guwahati, Assam

July 30, 2020
Current Context: First manhole cleaning robot or an automatic sewer cleaning device named as ‘BANDICOOT’ is inaugurated at Guwahati, Assam.
‘BANDICOOT’, First Manhole Cleaning Robot in Guwahati, Assam
  • The robot was inaugurated by Guwahati Development Department Ministry.
  • Thus Guwahati has become the first city in North East India to have a manhole cleaning robot.
  • The robot is developed by Indian Startup company named as Genrobotics. It is developed under the Make in India initiative.
  • Indian Oil Corporation under the CSR initiative has granted the funds to develop BANDICOOT.
  • Such manhole cleaning robot was first utilised in Gurugram and Coimbatore initially and Guwahati has become the third city in India to have such robot.
  • Static Part: 
    • CM of Assam: Sarbananda Sonowal
    • Governor of Assam: Jagdish Mukhi

Question: 

Q.1 What is the name of the manhole cleaning robot used in Guwahati, Assam?
a. Roomba
b. Bandicoot
c. Kittn
d. Cleaner

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