Question: Which of the following city has been adjudged the cleanest city in India under the Swachh Survekshan 2021?
a) Bhopal
b) Indore
c) Lucknow
d) Patna
Answer: (b)
Related Facts:-
- On 21 November 2021; President Ram Nath Kovind honored cities for their performance, in the sixth edition of Swachh Survekshan 2021.
- The cities awarded for their performance in maintaining cleanliness, waste management and overall cleanliness.
- Madhya Pradesh’s Indore was adjudged the cleanest city for the fifth consecutive year by Swachh Sarvekshan 2021.
- The event was organized during the ‘Swachh Amrit Mahotsav’.
- It was a celebration of the achievements of cities in the last seven years of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan-Urban.
- Swachh Sarvekshan:
- It conducts an annual survey of cleanliness, waste management and overall cleanliness in cities and towns of India.
- It was launched as part of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, which aimed to make India clean and free from open defecation.
- Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) is the nodal ministry of this program.
- It should be noted that 4,320 cities participated in the 6th Swachh Survekshan conducted in 2021.
- In This activity more than 5 crore citizens have responded, compared to 1.87 crore in 2020.
- In the year 2016 only 73 cities were included in the first Swachh Survekshan.
- Categories of Swachh Sarvekshan 2021:
- Population less than 1 lakh:
- The cities of Vita, Lonavala and Saswad in Maharashtra were the first, second and third cleanest cities respectively.
- Population more than 1 lakh:
- Indore (Madhya Pradesh) has been adjudged the cleanest city in India under the Swachh Survekshan for the fifth consecutive year, while Surat and Vijayawada have secured the second and third positions respectively.
- Hoshangabad emerged as the ‘Fastest Moving City’ in Madhya Pradesh, thus securing the 87th position among the top 100 cities.
- Best Ganga Town: Varanasi.
- Cleanest Cantonment: Ahmedabad Cantonment was declared India’s Cleanest Cantonment’, followed by Meerut Cantonment and Delhi Cantonment.
- Cleanest state:
- States with more than 100 Urban Local Bodies:
- Chhattisgarh has been awarded as the ‘Cleanest State’ of India for the third consecutive year.
- Karnataka has emerged as the Fastest Mover State.
- States with less than 100 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs):
- Jharkhand won the cleanest state award in the Urban Local Bodies Category for the second time.
- Mizoram emerged as the Fast Mover State in the category of small (less than 100 ULB) state.
- Motivational Round awards:
- A new performance category was introduced under Swachh Sarvekshan 2021, with five cities- Indore, Surat, Navi Mumbai, New Delhi Municipal Council and Tirupati classified as ‘Divya’ (Platinum).
- Other Honors:
- Safai Mitra Safety Challenge(SMSC):
- The top performing cities are Indore, Navi Mumbai, Nellore and Dewas, out of 246 cities that have participated under the Safai Mitra Suraksha Challenge.
- The top performing states among that participated in SMSC are Chhattisgarh and Chandigarh.
- 5-Star Rating Garbage Free Cities in India:
- Under the Star Rating Protocol of Garbage Free Cities, 9 cities were certified as 5-Star cities, while 166 cities were certified as 3-Star and 167 as one star out of total 342 cities participated in this rating.
- A total of 9 cities- Indore, Surat, New Delhi Municipal Council, Navi Mumbai, Ambikapur, Mysore, Noida, Vijayawada and Patan have been certified as 5-star cities.
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