Jharkhand declared best performing state in SS 2018, Indore cleanest city

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New Delhi : PM Narendra Modi on June 23, 2018, said that the success and milestones achieved by the Swachh Bharat Mission has been possible due to the efforts and participation by the citizens across the country.

PM Modi said that there is now a perceptible positive change in the mindset of the people towards Swachhata. He emphasized on the efforts of cities of Madhya Pradesh especially Indore and Bhopal which have consistently performed exceedingly well in Swachhata rankings year after year and are setting good examples for the other towns and cities of the country. He said that the country is now closer to realise the dream of Clean India by 150^th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi in 2019.

The PM  presented awards to the top states, cities and organizations of the Swachh Survekshan 2018 at Indore, Madhya Pradesh (MP), on June 23. Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, CM, MP, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, and Hardeep S Puri, MoS (I/C), Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, were present on the occasion among other dignitaries.

Jharkhand was awarded as the best performing state while Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh bagged 2^nd and 3^rd position.  Indore, Bhopal and Chandigarh emerged as the top 3 cleanest cities of the country while Greater Mumbai was awarded the cleanest capital city in the country. Vijayawada, Mysuru and New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) were awarded as cleanest cities in population categories of greater than 10 lakh, 3-10 lakh and 1-3 lakh, respectively while Delhi Cantt was awarded as the cleanest Cantonment Board in the country, according to a PIB release.

In the organizations category, Bakeys Foods Private Limited, Hyderabad, was awarded for ‘Swachh Innovation’, Bengaluru based Saahas Waste Management Private Limited was awarded under Swachh Best Practice category and the Swachh Entrepreneur award was given to Daily Dump , Bengaluru.

The prime minister also released the Swachh Survekshan (SS) 2018 Report and launched the Swachh Survekshan – 2018 Results Dash Board. The Swachh Survekshan 2018 Dashboard may be accessed from www.swachhsurvekshan2018.org and it mainly comprises five sections, National Ranking (Cities with population greater than 1 lakh), Zonal Ranking (Cities with population less than 1 lakh and ranked zone wise as North, East, South, West and North East), Cantonment Board Ranking (61 Cantt Boards), States Ranking (ranking based on their respective cities performance in SS2018), SS2018 Awards (All Award Categories listing).

The dashboard features geotagging of all 4,203 Cities including 61 Cantonment Boards that have participated in SS2018. One distinct highlight of this dashboard is the Individual City Ranking and Performance page which may be opened by clicking on the maplink and can also be downloaded a QR coded PDF version of city page.

The Swachh Survekshan 2018 report provides details regarding the activities and processes, the products (customized applications) and services deployed during this massive exercise which spanned over 66 days (January 4 to March 10). The report has the list of all the awardees at the National Level under various population categories. In addition to this, the report contains brief write-ups for every awardee with details.

PM Modi on June 23 inaugurated urban development projects at various locations across MP through remote. They include houses under Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana, urban drinking water supply schemes, urban solid waste management, urban sanitation, urban transportation and urban landscape projects.

Addressing a large gathering on the occasion, the Prime Minister said that Swachh Bharat was Mahatma Gandhi’s dream which has now become the resolve of 125 crore Indians. He said the entire country can take inspiration from Indore, which has been awarded for being the cleanest city in India. He also appreciated the three best performing States in cleanliness – Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh.

The Prime Minister said the Union Government is working towards modernizing urban infrastructure in India. In addition to the Swachh Bharat Mission, he mentioned the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (Urban), the Smart City Mission, AMRUT, and Deendayal Upadhyay National Urban Livelihood Mission. He recalled that he had inaugurated the Integrated Command and Control Centre in Naya Raipur – India’s first smart city – a few days ago. He said a similar exercise is now underway in seven cities of Madhya Pradesh.

He said that through the housing projects inaugurated on June 23, more than one lakh homeless people in Madhya Pradesh have got their own house. The PM said the Government of India is working towards the vision of providing housing for all by 2022. He said that in the last four years, approximately 1.15 crore houses have been constructed, and nearly 2 crore more houses are to be constructed, to achieve the goal by 2022.