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Indore becomes the cleanest city of India for the 5th time in a row, with Surat (Gujrat) becoming the second and Vijayawada (Andhara Pradesh) becoming the third cleanest city.
The ‘Swachh Amrit Mahotsav’ was held at Vigyan Bhawan in the national capital by the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MOHUA) this morning. The event is based on the survey held every year under Swatch Bharat Yojna. These reward results are based upon the overall cleanliness of the city which includes garbage disposal, open defecation rating, hygiene of public toilets et cetera.
From 73 major cities surveyed in 2016, 4,320 cities participated in the 6th edition of Swachh Survekshan in 2021. This makes it the world’s largest urban cleanliness survey. The extraordinary quantity of citizen responses received this year is over 5 crores, a significant increase from last year’s 1.87 crores. It demonstrates the success of this year’s survey, despite the ground hurdles caused by the COVID outbreak, the 2021 survey is completed in a record time of 28 days.
The event honors sanitation workers by recognizing top-performing cities as part of the ‘Safaimitra Suraksha Challenge’, a ministry-led program to promote mechanized sewer and septic tank cleaning and prevent manual scavenging.
Since 2016, under the Swachh Bharat Yojana, segregation of rubbish has already begun in over 1,100 additional cities. In addition, about 1,800 metropolitan local governments have begun to provide social benefits to sanitation personnel. 1,500 additional cities have notified the ban on the use, sale, and storage of non-biodegradable plastic bags, with 3,000 city administrations having implemented it.
This morning the event was attended by 1,200 guests, including Hardeep Singh Puri, Union minister of housing and urban affairs, Kaushal Kishore, state ministers, chief ministers, and urban development ministers, as well as diplomats, state and city administrators, and senior officials, sector partners, and brand ambassadors, NGOs, and CSOs.