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The BBMP has handed over the new brooms to 45 Pourakarmikas at Ward 89, Jogupalya, and the project will run on a pilot basis. “With shorter brooms, pourakarmikas have to bend and sweep. The long-handle brooms have a wider reach and can help them sweep better,” said BBMP Commissioner B H Anil Kumar. A solid waste management expert said that the BBMP had introduced long broomsticks in 2000, but withdrew them as pourakarmikas were not comfortable. One of the pourakarmikas, who has used the long broomstick..