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Mangaluru bags award in Swachh Suruvekshan 2018

Published On : 24 Jun 2018


Mangaluru: Mangaluru had recently bagged the title of ‘India’s Best Medium City (3-10 lac population) in Solid Waste Management’ in Swachh Suruvekshan 2018. The award distribution ceremony by ministry of housing and urban affairs (MoHUA) was held in Indore on Saturday 3. Mangaluru was represented by mayor Bhaskar K Moily, MCC commissioner Mohammed Nazeer, health standing committee chairman Naveen R D'Souza and environmental engineer Madhu S Manohar, who received the award from housing and urban affairs minister Hardeep Singh Puri.

The Swachh Suruvekshan 2018 assessed 4,203 urban local bodies and was oragnised by the ministry of housing and urban affairs, under the aegis of Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban). The exercise undertaken between January 4 2018 to March 10 this year enhanced the scope to cover record number of urban local bodies impacting around 40 crore urban citizens across length and breadth of the country by 2,700 assessors.

Indore, Bhopal and Chandigarh were the top three cleanest cities at the national level. The cleanest big city (population with over 10 lac) was awarded to Vijaywada in Andhra Pradesh. Mysuru was awarded the cleanest medium city (population between 3 to 10 lac) and New Delhi Municipal Council was awarded India’s cleanest small city (population below 3 lac).

During Swachh Suruvekshan 2018, a record number of 37.66 lac citizen feedbacks were collected and 53.58 lac Swachhata Apps downloaded. The total interactions on Swachhata App by citizens were around 1.18 crore.


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