Swachh Survekshan is an annual urban sanitation and cleanliness survey conducted by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) to assess and rank cities based on their cleanliness and sanitation efforts, fostering a spirit of healthy competition and citizen participation.
Here's a more detailed breakdown:
Purpose: To improve urban sanitation and cleanliness, encourage citizen participation, and foster a spirit of healthy competition among cities.
Conducting Body: Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA).
Frequency: Annual.
Key Goals:
To create awareness about the importance of cleanliness and sanitation.
To encourage citizen participation in sanitation efforts.
To improve service delivery to citizens.
To help India achieve the goal of sustainable sanitation and waste management.
Methodology: Swachh Survekshan employs a multi-pronged data collection approach and a robust assessment methodology.
Scope: The survey covers all cities across India.
Recent Initiatives:
Super Swachh League: A special category for cities excelling in cleanliness, with cities in the top 3 in at least 2 out of the last 3 years (2021-2023) being included.
Focus on Waste Management: Emphasizes waste to wealth, reduce, reuse, and recycle principles.
Citizen Feedback: Encourages citizen feedback on the progress of their city in achieving Swachhata.
Ward Ranking: Promotes ranking of wards within cities.
Awards: The survey culminates in the Swachh Survekshan Awards, recognizing the cleanest cities, states, and other categories.
Key Findings (2023):
Cleanest Cities: Indore and Surat were declared as the cleanest cities in India.
Cleanest State: Maharashtra was named the cleanest state.
Other Notable Awards: Mhow (Madhya Pradesh) was selected as the cleanest cantonment board, and Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) was declared the cleanest Ganga town.
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