GS 3 - Urbanisation and related issues
Why in the news ?
Recently Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs(MOHUA) launched the Seventh edition of swachh survekshan .
What is Swachh Survekshan ?
Swachh Survekshan is an annual survey of cleanliness and sanitation in cities and towns across India. It was launched as part of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, which aimed to make India clean and free of open defecation by 2nd October 2019.
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) conducts the survey to rank all cities under Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U) with Quality Council of India (QCI) as its implementation partner .
Objective of the survey:
- Ensure citizenry participation in Urban cleanliness drive.
- Ensure cleanliness and sustainability by developing competitive spirit.
- Independent and trustworthy certification mechanism.
Major highlights of Swach Survekshan Report 2021:
- The cleanest State city award under category of state more than 100 Urban Local Bodies given to for Chhattisgarh for the third time.
- The cleanest State city award under category of state less than 100 Urban Local Bodies given to Jharkhand
- The cleanest “Ganga city” award given to Varanasi
- The survey was carried out in 4,320 cities with feedback from nearly 4.2 crore persons .
- States with over 100 urban local bodies (ULBs), second and third prize goes to Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh respectively.
- States with less than 100 urban local bodies (ULBs), second and third prize goes to Haryana and Goa respectively.
- Cities with population over 1 lakh, Indore, Surat, Vijayawada, Navi Mumbai, New Delhi, Ambikapur, Tirupati, Pune, Noida and Ujjain were the top 10, in that order.
- Cities with population less than 1 lakh, Maharashtra’s Vita was the cleanest, followed by Lonavala and Sasvad.
- The New Delhi Municipal Council’s area was ranked the cleanest in the category of cities with 1-3 lakh population.
- Noida was named the cleanest among medium-sized cities, that is with 3 lakh to 10 lakh population. Among the big cities with population of 10 lakh to 40 lakh, Navi Mumbai was ranked the cleanest.
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