Question: Name the place declared as the cleanest in the “Plains” category in the recently released Gramin Swachh Survekshan, 2016 report.
(a) Mandi
(b) Sindhudurg
(c) Nadia
(d) Satara
Ans: (b)
Related facts:
- On 8 September 2016 the Minister, Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Narendra Singh Tomar released the report called as Gramin Swachh Survekshan, 2016.
- The assessment is done by Quality Council of India (QCI).
- The Gramin Swachh Survekshan was launched in May 2016.
- A total of 22 hill districts and 53 plain areas were assessed.
- Each district has been judged on four distinct parameters.
- The parameters to judge sanitation status include:
i. Households having access to safe toilets and using them (toilet usage, water accessibility, safe disposal of waste) (40%)
ii. Households having no litter around (30%)
iii. Public places with no litter in the surrounding (10%)
iv. Households having no stagnant wastewater around (20%) - Maximum weightage was places on accessibility to safe toilets and water.
- Mandi was judged as the cleanest district in “Hills” category.
- Sindhudurg as the cleanest in the “Plains” category.
- Districts of Sikkim, Shimla (Himachal Pradesh), Nadia (West Bengal) and Satara (Maharashtra) featuring at the top of the index.
- According to the results, Sindhudurg, Nadia, Satara, Midnapur East, Kolhapur, Hoogly, Udupi, Ratnagiri, Thane and Churu scored 96.8, 95, 92.9, 92.6, 91.6, 91.5, 91, 90.9, 88.7 and 88.4 marks respectively out of 100.
- On the other hand, Mandi, West Sikkim, Shimla, East Sikkim, Hamirpur, South Sikkim, Kullu, North Sikkim, Champhai and Chamba scored 98.4, 96.4, 94.1, 93.7, 93.4, 93, 91, 90.7, 90.1 and 90 marks respectively based on the parameters fixed.
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http://www.deccanherald.com/content/569253/sindhudurg-mandi-cleanest-districts-survey.html
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