NE NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, NOV 20
President Ram Nath Kovind presented Swachh Survekshan Awards 2021 to the cleanest cities of India on Sunday. Indore was adjudged as India’s cleanest city for the fifth time in a row.
કેન્દ્ર સરકારના સ્વચ્છ સર્વેક્ષણમાં સુરત, વડોદરા અને અમદાવાદને દેશના સૌથી સ્વચ્છ ટોપ-10 શહેરોમાં સ્થાન મળ્યું છે, તેમજ ગાંધીનગર દેશનું સૌથી સ્વચ્છ પાટનગર બન્યું છે. "સ્વચ્છ ગુજરાત, સ્વસ્થ ગુજરાત" ની નેમને સાકાર કરવા બદલ સૌ નાગરિકો, સ્વચ્છતાકર્મીઓ અને વહીવટીતંત્રને અભિનંદન. pic.twitter.com/apZiX4yc8G
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) November 20, 2021
Surat in Gujarat, which grabbed the second spot in the cleanest cities’ list last year, has retained its position this year as well. Meanwhile, Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh has bagged the third position in the list. In 2020, Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra was adjudged as the third cleanest city in India.
Chhattisgarh has been awarded cleanest state in the annual cleanliness survey while Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh has won the cleanest Ganga town in the Swachh Survekshan 2021’ awards.
Cleanliness drive of Ahmedabad brings laurels as it gets honoured as the cleanest city in the country with a population of over 40 lakh category. Mayor @KiritParmarBJP ,Dy. Commissioner @CKharsan ,Director Harshadrai Solanki ji & Dy.Directors recieved the prestigious award today. pic.twitter.com/xL3VcX7hcF
— Amdavad Municipal Corporation (@AmdavadAMC) November 20, 2021
Taking to Twitter, Union housing and urban affairs minister Hardeep Singh Puri congratulated Indore and its “people, political leadership and municipal corporation,” among others.
Congrats Vadodara…
Vadodara becomes 8th amongst the cleanest city in the country under Swachh Survekshan 2021
We want to applaud the Cleaning team of VMC for their regular and sheer efforts and also to the responsible citizens of Vadodara City. #SwachhSurvekshan2021 pic.twitter.com/7BIkjjBsZO
— VMC VADODARA (@VMCVadodara) November 20, 2021
As many as 342 cities were conferred with some star rating in this year’s annual cleanliness survey, with a total of 4,320 cities taking part in it. The Union ministry of housing and urban affairs (MOHUA) that conducted the ‘Swachh Survekshan 2021’ awards with the Quality Council of India (QCI) under the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U) said in a statement earlier that the sixth edition of the event has become the “world’s largest urban cleanliness survey.”
The first survey was launched in 2016 with a total of 73 cities involved, which increased to 4,242 cities by 2020. The objective of the survey is encourage Indian cities and towns to implement mission initiatives in a timely and innovative way. It also motivates large scale participation of citizens in upgrading the cleanliness of their city/town, ensure sustainability of measures taken towards garbage free and open defecation free cities, and to create awareness among various strata of society for working together to make their cities/towns more habitable, among others.
सूरत की बदली सूरत का राज, सफाई मित्रों के परिश्रम का है परिणाम! Surat is 'MajaMa', as they win the 2nd Cleanest City of India' award at the #SwachhAmrit Mahotsav for the Xth time in a row in the over 1 lakh population category!https://t.co/VLRE0KKHcX
— Commissioner SMC (@CommissionerSMC) November 20, 2021
The cities are ranked on three parameters – service level progress (SLP), certifications and citizen’s voice. In SLP, data is provided by the urban local bodies (ULBs) whereas in certifications, garbage free cities (GFC) rating and open defecation free (ODF) cities, and water ratings are taken into consideration. For citizen’s voice, “feedback, experience, engagement, swachhata app and innovation” are taken into consideration. A city or town’s final score is decided after adding the points from each of the three parameters.
