On Tuesday, the Swachh Survekshan, announced the latest annual Cleanliness survey in which Indore is now India’s cleanest city for a fourth straight year while Surat and Navi Mumbai grabbed the second and third positions respectively.
“Our efforts going forward will be on safe containment, transportation and disposal of faecal sludge and septage from toilets, and also the grey and black water from households and establishments. Along with this, the treatment of all wastewater before discharging into water bodies, and their maximum possible re-use will also be our priority,”Puri said after announcing the results.
After the results were announced, celebrations broke out in the city. Sanitation workers drew rangolis on the city streets by mentioning ‘Indore No. 1’ in them.
In a message to the people of Indore, Municipal Commissioner Pratibha Pal said, “I congratulate the people of Indore and the understanding people and public representatives for making the city remain on top in the Swachh Sarveskshan for the fourth time in a row.”
“The laborious cleanliness workers, too, deserve to be congratulated on the occasion as they worked hard irrespective of weather to ensure that the city remains neat and clean,” she said.
The waste management and processing schemes of the city also played a major role in achieving the target.
The IMC officials said that the capacity to dispose of about 1,200 tonnes of waste – 550 tonnes of wet and 650 tonnes of dry waste- in a secured manner daily has been developed in the city.
They said that nearly 8,500 sanitation staffers work in three shifts- from 6 am to 4 am- daily to clean the city.
The officials also said that the waste collection boxes had already been removed from the city and nearly 700 vehicles of the civic body collect dry and wet waste, including diapers and sanitary napkins, and segregate them in separate compartments for their safe disposal.
