Ques: Recently Minister of Urban Development M. Venkaiah Naidu announced the results of ‘Swachh Survekshan-2016’ survey; accordingly which city bagged lowest position in the survey?
(a) Raipur
(b) Meerut
(c) Varanasi
(d) Dhanbad
Ans (d)
Reference:
- On 15 February 2016 Minister of Urban Development Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu announced the results of ‘Swachh Survekshan-2016’ survey.
- 53 cities with a population of above ten lakhs each and 22 capitals that do not have that much population were selected for the survey.
- Mysuru in Karnataka remained the cleanest city second time in the country while Dhanbad in Jharkhand came at the bottom of 73 major cities surveyed for sanitation scenario last month.
- The top 10 cities in terms of sanitation and hygiene in order of rank are: Mysuru, Chandigarh, Tiruchirapalli (Tamil Nadu), New Delhi Municipal Council, Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), Surat, Rajkot, both in Gujarat, Gangtok (Sikkim), Pimpri Chindwad and Greater Mumbai, both from Maharashtra.
- The bottom 10 cities are: Kalyan Dombivili (Maharshtra-ranked 64), Varanasi, Jamshedpur (Jharkhand), Ghaziabad (UP), Raipur (Chattisgarh), Meerut (UP), Patna (Bihar), Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh), Asansol (West Bengal) and Dhanbad, ranked 73.
- Out of the 73 cities surveyed, 32 have improved ranks since the last survey.
- It includes 17 from the North. 6 from the West, 5 from the South and 2 each from the East and North-East.
- Of these 32, top 10 movers who have substantially improved their ranks in 2016 survey are: Allahabad (improved by 45 ranks), Nagpur (40), Visakhapatnam (39), Gwalior (34), Bhubaneswar (32), Hyderabad (31), Gurgaon (29), Vijayawada (23) and Lucknow (23).
- Top 10 cities that moved down in ranks in 2016 i.e top 10 bottom movers are: Jamshedpur, Kochi, Shillong, Chennai, Guwahati, Asansol, Bengaluru, Ranchi, Kalyan Dombivili and Nashik. While Jamshedpur moved down this year by 53 ranks, Nashik slipped by 23 ranks.
- Quality Council of India has conducted the survey.
- Last cleanliness survey was conducted in 2014 among 476 cities with a population of one lakh and above each and results were announced in year 2015.
Reference:
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