Bhopal,
Visakhapatnam, Surat, Mysuru, Tiruchirapally, NDMC, Navi Mumbai, Vadodara,
Chandigarh make the Top 10
Madhya Pradesh,
Gujarat, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana are the Movers and Shakers,
says Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu
12 Gujarat cities,
11 from MP, 8 from AP among the top 50 Clean Cities
Varanasi ranked 32
this year as against 418 in 2018 ; Faridabad fastest mover among big cities
Swachh
Survekshan-2017 Results announced; it’s Citizens’ Verdict, says Shri Naidu
Mysuru slipped to
fifth rank this year but no decline in sanitation standards, says Minister
Indore has
emerged as the India’s Cleanest City in the Swachh Survekshan-2017 conducted in
434 cities and towns, the results of which were announced here today by the
Minister of Urban Development Shri M.Venakaiah Naidu.
Bhopal,
Visakhapatnam, Surat, Mysuru, Tiruchirapally, New Delhi Municipal Council, Navi
Mumbai, Vadodara and Chandigarh are among the Top 10 clean cities in that
order.
10 towns that
came at the bottom of the 434 surveyed are; Gonda (UP) ranked 434 followed by
Bhusawal (Maharashtra), Bagaha (Bihar)- 433, Hardoi (UP)-432, Katihar
(Bihar)-431, Bahraich (UP)-429, Muktsar (Punjab)-427, Muktsar (Punjab)-426 and
Khurja (UP)-425.
Announcing the
Survey Results, Shri Naidu described Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Jharkhand and
Chattisgarh followed by Andhra Pradesh and Telangana as the Movers and
Shakers for having significantly improved their rankings from that of the
Survey conducted in 2014 before the launch of Swachh Bharat Mission in October,
2014. Swachh Survekshan conducted in 2016 covered 73 cities with over million
population each besides capital cities.
The Minister
further informed that in Swachh Surekshan-2017, all the cities surveyed in
Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand have substantially improved their rankings over
that of 2016 and 2014. Gujarat did so in respect of all cities excepting Rajkot
and similar being the case in respect of Chattisgarh except Bilaspur. In
Telangana, only two cities have dropped in rankings this year while it happened
in respect of four cities in Andhra Pradesh.
Shri Naidu stated
that a total of 14 States were represented in the Top 50 clean cities with
Gujarat accounting for 12, followed Madhya Pradesh-11, Andhra Pradesh-8 and one
each from Chandigarh, Chattisgarh, Delhi, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Sikkim and
Uttar Pradesh.
25 towns from
Uttar Pradesh are ranked among the bottom 50 cities with followed by Rajasthan
and Punjab with five each, two in Maharashtra and one each from Haryana,
Karnataka and Lashadweep.
Varanasi has
however, improved its rank from 418 in 2014 to 32 this year to become the
Fastest Big City Mover in the North Zone.
The Minister said
that UP, Bihar, Rajasthan, Punjab and Kerala need to substantially step up
efforts to improve sanitation standards in urban areas.
Faridabad in
Haryana has improved its rank from 379 in 2014 to 88 this year and has been
awarded for being the ‘Fastest Mover’ among cities with a population of above
one million each.
Shri Venkaiah
Naidu stressed that this year’s survey results are “Citizens’ Verdict” on
cleanliness in urban areas of the country with 37 lakh citizens’
enthusiastically providing feedback on cleanliness in 434 cities and towns
accounting for about 60% of the total urban population in the country. He
stated that such survey will be commissioned in all the 4,041 statutory towns
and cities.
Shri Naidu
further referred to India improving its position by 12 places in the global
Travel and Tourism Competitive Index and feedback from media persons as further
confirmation of improving sanitation in urban areas.
Referring to
Mysuru in Karnataka which topped the ranks in 2016 and 2014 and ranked five in
this year’s survey, Shri Naidu asserted that in no way it meant that
cleanliness has declined in the city or the city government scaled down its
efforts. He explained that Mysuru scored over 87% out of the total score of
2,000 in both 2017 and 2016 indicating that sanitation level has not come down
this year while other cities have scored over Mysuru. “This spirit of
competition is sought to be promoted through such surveys to help cities know
where they stand in absolute terms and in relation to other cities as well”
said the Minister.
38 cities were
awarded including the Top five clean cities at the national level, cleanest
cities and fastest movers in different zones in 5-10 lakh and 2-5 lakh
population categories.
Swachh
Survekshan-2017 aimed at capturing the outcomes on ground of the ongoing
efforts to make urban areas Open Defecation Free and to improve door-to-door
collection, processing and disposal of Municipal Solid Waste. Of the total
score of 2,000, 900 marks were assigned for performance in respect of ODF and
solid waste management, 600 marks for Citizen Feedbak and 500 marks for
Independent Observation.
Quality Council
of India that conducted the survey during January-February this year deployed 421
assessors for on the site inspection of cleanliness in 434 cities and towns and
another 55 for real time monitoring of progress of survey and field
inspections. Field inspectors used geo-tagged devices for collecting evidence
in real time of their inspection at 17,500 locations.
(Sanitation
rankings in order of rank, State and City-wise, improvements in ranks of MP,
Gujarat, Jharkhand and Chattisgarh available on PIB website)
AAR/KM
May 4, 2017