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Topic: Swachh Survekshan Survey 2020

Why in News?

• Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has announced the results of ‘Swachh Survekshan Survey 2020’.
• Swachh Survekshan 2020 covered 4,242 cities, 62 cantonment boards and 92 Ganga towns.

Background

• Swachh Survekshan is meant to monitor the performance of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan] which was launched on October 2-2014 the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi-
• The eñtensive sanitation survey is commissioned by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
• The objective of survey is to encourage large scale citizen participation and create awareness amongst all sections of society about the importance of working together towards making towns - cities a better place to live in.

Focus Areas of Swachh Survekshan 2020

• Collect segregated waste and maintain till processing site
• Treat and re&use wastewater
• Curtail solid waste based air pollution
• Promote procurement through GeM
• Engage technology driven monitoring
• Utilize capacity of wet waste processing facilities
• Follow 3R Principles% Reduce] Reuse and Recycle
• Uplift social condition of informal waste pickers and
• Assess Ganga Towns separately to accelerate action.

Survey Findings

• Indore won the coveted title of the Cleanest City of India] Surat and Navi Mumbai won the second and third position respectively (in the > 1 lakh population category)
• Varanasi was adjudged the 'best Ganga town' in the central government's cleanliness survey
• Best performing states in terms of overall performance were divided in two categories& states with over 100 Urban Local Bodies (ULB) and states with less than 100 ULBs
• In the first category Chhattisgarh bagged the award for the second time and Jharkhand won the award in the second category-
• In the category of population of less than 1 lakh] Maharashtras Karad bagged the first position followed by states Saswad and Lonavala-
• Indias Cleanest Cantonment Board award was bagged by Jalandhar cantonment from Punjab
• Best city in terms of mañimum citizens participation award in the category of population of over 1 lakh has been given to Uttar Pradeshs Shahjahanpur- In the same category for cities with population less that 1 lakh the award was bagged by Uttarakhands Nandaprayag-
• Cleanest city with over 40 lakh population award was won by Ahmedabad and Vijayawada won in the category of city with population between 10 lakh to 40 lakh.
• Fastest mover big city award was won by Rajasthans Jodhpur- Gujarat's Rajkot won the best self sustainable city award- In the category of 3 to 10 lakh population] cleanest city award went to Karnatakas Mysuru
• Uttar Pradeshs Firozabad won fastest mover city in 3 lakh to 10 lakh population category- In the same population category] Pilai of Chattisgarh won the best self sustainable city award
• Cleanest small city award in 1 lakh to 3 lakh population category went to Chattisgarhs Ambikapur- Burhanpur of Madhya Pradesh won the award for fastest mover small city
• Cleanest capital city award was won by New Delhis New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC)- Fastest mover capital city award went to Lucknow- Bhopal bagged the award for best self sustainable capital city.