Save water, save electricity, promote cleanliness : Javadekar

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New Delhi : An award ceremony based on ‘SWACHHTA’ Ranking 2017 of Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) was held in New Delhi on September 14, 2017. Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar gave away the prizes to the awardees.

Prakash Javadekar congratulated the awardees of ‘SWACHHTA’ Ranking- 2017 of Higher Educational Institutions. Speaking on the occasion, Javadekar said that the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is the most significant cleanliness campaign by the Government of India. Under this mission more than 4.8 crore toilets were constructed in India since October 2, 2014, and more than two lakhs villages are now open defecation free (ODF), according to a PIB release.

The Minister said the students are cleanliness ambassadors and along with the support of people and institutions they will lead the vision of Clean India of PM Narendra Modi. He also said to make Higher Educational Institutions a smart campus, we should focus on cleanliness as well as waste management. Save water, save electricity, promote cleanliness and manage waste to become smart campus.we should participate in these programmes to inform others too.

An exercise to rank Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) on the basis of cleanliness and hygiene has been undertaken and concluded. Parameters for a clean campus were formulated like student/toilet ratio, kitchen hygiene, availability of running water, modernity of toilet&   kitchen equipment, campus green cover, garbage disposal in hostels and academic buildings, disposal techniques, water supply systems and also a certain weightage to whether the institutions have adopted any neighbouring locality or village to spread awareness & activities in Swachhta.

About 3,500 HEIs responded to the online invitation submitting all their details as per format. The top 174 institutions were shortlisted as per criteria and officials from UGC and AICTE inspected the premises of all 174 institutions. Finally, the top 25 institutions across various categories like Universities, Technical Institutions, Colleges and Government institutions were selected and they were awarded on the occasion.