Swachh Survekshan 2020

Context:

The Union Housing and Urban Affairs announced the results of ‘SwachhSurvekshan 2020’, listing out the cleanest and dirtiest cities in India.

About Swachh Survekshan 2020:

• The Swachh Survekshan is conducted to study the progress of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) and rank cities based on cleanliness and sanitation parameters.
• Swachh Survekshan was introduced by the government with the objective of generating largescale citizen participation in the Mission, along with inculcating a spirit of healthy competition among cities towards becoming India’s cleanest cities.
• It monitors the performance of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, launched in 2014.
• Four parameters were used for arriving at the overall ranking of a city-
  • certifications.
  • direct observation.
  • service level progress.
  • citizen feedback.
• Swachh Survekshan is the world’s largest cleanliness survey. 4242 cities are covered for this survey. The feedback has been collected from 1.9 crore citizens. The survey covered 4,242 cities, 62 Cantonment Boards, and 92 Ganga Towns in 2020.
• The extensive sanitation survey is commissioned by the Ministry of Urban Development and carried out annually by the Quality Council of India.

Key highlights of the findings

• Cleanest cities: For the fourth time in a row, Madhya Pradesh’s Indore was adjudged India’s cleanest city followed by Gujarat’s Surat and Maharashtra’s Navi Mumbai.
• Dirtiest city: Bihar’s capital Patna was ranked as the dirtiest city.
• Jalandhar got the top rank among cantonments and New Delhi was the cleanest capital city.
• Jharkhand ranked on top in the list of best performing states, with less than 100 ULBs, in terms of overall performance.
• Chhattisgarh bagged the award for the best-performing state with over 100 ULBs.
• Varanasi was adjudged the ‘best Ganga town’ in the central government’s cleanliness survey.