Swacch Sarvekshan League 2020

Swacch Sarvekshan League 2020

Question: Which city has topped the SS League 2020 (in the more than 10 lakh population category)?
(a) Surat
(b) Indore
(c) Bhopal
(d) Jamshedpur
Answer: (b)
Related facts:

  • On 31st December 2019, the Minister of State (I/C) for Housing and Urban Affairs (Shri Hardeep Singh Puri), announced the results of Swachh Survekshan League 2020 (Quarter 1 and Quarter 2) in New Delhi.
  • Swachh Survekshan 2020 (SS League 2020), the fifth edition of the annual urban cleanliness survey conducted by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), commenced from 4th of January 2020 across India, was also rolled out on occasion.
  • West Bengal alone did not participate in the Swachh Survekshan League 2020.

Rankings:

10lakh population (more than 10 lakh population category)

Top 3 cities (Quarter 1):

  1. Indore ( Madhya Pradesh)
  2. Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh)
  3. Surat (Gujarat)

Top 3 cities (Quarter 2):

  1. Indore ( Madhya Pradesh)
  2. Rajkot (Gujarat)
  3. Navi Mumbai(Maharashtra)

1-10 lakh population
Top 3 cities (Quarter 1):

  1. Jamshedpur (Jharkhand)
  2. New Delhi
  3. Khargone (Madhya Pradesh)

Top 3 cities (Quarter 2)

  1. Jamshedpur (Jharkhand)
  2. Chandrapur (Maharashtra)
  3. Khargone (Madhya Pradesh)

Swachh Survekshan League 2020 (SS League 2020)

  • Swachh Survekshanis the world’s largest urban sanitation and cleanliness survey in India.

Objectives:

  • To encourage large scale citizen participation and create awareness amongst all sections of society about the importance of working together towards making towns and cities better places to reside in.
  • To develop, wherever required, community managed sanitation systems focusing on scientific Solid & Liquid Waste Management systems for overall cleanliness in the urban areas.

Operation of SS League 2020

  • SS League 2020 is being conducted in 3 quarters, i.e. April- June, July – September and October- December 2019.

Evaluation

  • SS League 2020 has 2000 marks for each quarter evaluated on the basis of monthly updation of SBM-U online MIS by cities along with citizen’s validation on the 12 service level progress indicators through outbound calls.

Rank Category

  • Ranks have been assigned in two categories, namely, cities with population of one lakh and above (with two sub-categories, i.e. 1-10 lakh and 10 lakhs and above) and cities with population of less than 1 lakh (under the < 1 lakh population category, the rankings are given zone and population wise).
  • The 25% weightage of the quarterly assessments to be included in the annual survey scheduled to commence from 4 January till 31 January 2020

SS League 2020 Parameter

  • In the SS league 2020, wastewater treatment and reuse, and faecal sludge management have been given special attention.In this Regard, the ODF+(Open Defection Free), ODF++ and Water+ Plus Protocols work as the guiding document for cities in this league.

Future Targets by GOI (Government of India)

  • Single use plastic (SUP) free India by 2022.
  • Innovative models such as the Garbage Café (where one can get a meal in return of plastic waste) to tackle the menace of plastic waste.
  • Collaboration with the Cement Manufacturing Association and the National Highway Authority of India to promote reuse of plastic in road construction.
  • 100% processing and safe disposal of solid waste.

Links:
https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1598071\
https://secure.mygov.in/mygov-survey/swachh-survekshan-2020/
https://swachhbharatmission.gov.in/sbmcms/about-us.htm
http://vikaspedia.in/health/sanitation-and-hygiene/swachh-survekshan
https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/housing-and-urban-affairs-ministry-launches-fifth-edition-of-swachh-survekshan-2020/article29080108.ece