PM Modi to announce results of Swachh Survekshan 2020 on Thursday
New
Delhi,
Aug
18:
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi
will
announce
the
results
of
Swachh
Survekshan
2020,
at
11
AM
on
Thursday.
This
is
the
fifth
edition
of
the
annual
cleanliness
survey
of
the
country.
A
total
of
129
awards
will
be
handed
over
to
the
top
performing
cities
and
states
in
the
programme,
titled
"Swachh
Mahotsav".
The Prime Minister will also be interacting with select beneficiaries, swachhagrahis and SafaiKarmis under the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U), from different parts of the country through video conference.
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The Prime Minister shall launch the Swachh Survekshan 2020 results dashboard on the occasion.
Swachh
Survekshan
2020
is
the
World's
largest
cleanliness
survey
which
ranked
a
total
of
4,242
cities,
62
Cantonment
Boards
and
92
Ganga
Towns
and
saw
an
unprecedented
participation
of
1.87
crore
citizens.
The
event
is
being
organized
by
the
Ministry
of
Housing
and
Urban
Affairs
(MoHUA),
Government
of
India.
Swachh
Survekshan
was
introduced
by
the
governmentwith
the
objective
of
generating
large
scale
citizen
participation
in
the
Mission,
along
with
inculcating
a
spirit
of
healthy
competition
among
cities
towards
becoming
India's
cleanest
cities.
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MoHUA had conducted Swachh Survekshan 2016 survey for rating 73 majorcities in January 2016, followed by Swachh Survekshan 2017 conducted in January-February 2017 for ranking 434 cities. Swachh Survekshan 2018, which, ranked 4,203 citiesfollowed by SS 2019 which not only covered 4,237 cities but was also the first-of-its-kind completely digital survey completed in a record time of 28 days.
In Swachh Survekshan 2020, in order to ensure continuous assessment and sustainability of on-ground performance of cities, the Government had also introduced Swachh Survekshan League, a quarterly cleanliness assessment of cities and towns conducted across three quarters,with 25% weightage integrated into the final Swachh Survekshan results for this year.
Swachh Survekshan has caught the imagination of citizens and stakeholders alike and the increasing participation from citizens with every passing year is testimony to the way in which common citizenry has taken complete ownership of the Swachhata of its cities.
Swachh Survekshan has today made 'Swachhata' a thing of motivation and pride - something to look forward to and aspire for. While Mysuru had won the award for the Cleanest City of India in the first edition of the survey, Indore has retained the top position for three consecutive years (2017,2018, 2019). The results to be announced on 20 August 2020 will bring the curtains down on the much-anticipated results for the 2020 edition which were delayed owing to the current COVID pandemic.
Swachh Survekshan 2020, which was completed in 28 days,had several highlights, key amongst which are:
- 1.7 crore citizens registered on Swachhata App
- Over 11 crore impressions on social media
- Over 5.5 lakh sanitary workers linked to social welfare schemes and over 84,000 informal waste pickers integrated into the mainstream
- Over 21,000 Garbage Vulnerable Points identified and transformed
Another feature of the event will be the bringing together and felicitation of MoHUA's partner organisations in the SBM-U journey, including United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), Google, etc.
Since its launch in 2014, Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U) has made significant progress in the area of both sanitation and solid waste management. 4,324 Urban ULBs have been declared ODF, 1,319 cities certified ODF+ and 489 cities certified ODF++ as per MoHUA's sanitation protocols. This has been made possible through construction of more than 66 lakhs individual household toilets and over 6 lakhs community/ public toilets, far exceeding the Mission's targets.
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Additionally,
over
59,900
toilets
across
2900+
cities
have
been
made
live
on
Google
Maps.
In
the
area
of
solid
waste
management,
96%
of
wards
have
complete
door-to
door
collection
while
66%
of
the
total
waste
generated
is
being
processed
-
a
jump
of
nearly
4
times
over
2014
levels
of
18%
processing.
A
total
of
6
cities
(Indore,
Ambikapur,
Navi
Mumbai,
Surat,
Rajkot
and
Mysuru)
have
been
rated
as
5-star
cities,
86
cities
as
3-Star
and
64
cities
as
1-Star,
as
per
MoHUA's
Star
Rating
Protocol
for
Garbage
Free
Cities.
The
Swachh
Survekshan
2020
Survey
Report
along
with
reports
on
Swachh
Survekshan
Innovations
and
Best
Practices,
Swachh
Survekshan
Social
Media
Report
and
Report
on
Assessment
of
Ganga
Towns
will
also
be
released
in
the
Swachh
Mahotsav
event.
Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Hon'ble Minister of State (I/C), MoHUA Shri DurgaShanker Mishra, Secretary, MoHUA shall be participating in the event along with various Mayors, State Mission Directors, Municipal Commissioners and other stakeholders in the area of urban sanitation and waste management.