Raipur, 20 November 2021. Award given in Swachh Amrit Mahotsav organized at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi
Chhattisgarh has been awarded in the cleanest state category in the Swachh Amrit Mahotsav program. The Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, Shri Bhupesh Baghel received the award at the hands of President Shri Ram Nath Kovind in a program organized at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. In this award ceremony, maximum 67 urban bodies of the state have also been given awards in various categories for their excellent performance. Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of State Kaushal Kishor were also present in the program.
Chief Minister Shri Baghel received the cleanliness award at the hands of the President
On this occasion, the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, Shri Bhupesh Baghel said that Chhattisgarh has won the National Award for the cleanest state for the third consecutive year, so the credit goes to three and a half crore people of Chhattisgarh. I would especially like to give credit to the women of the state, who have created a new culture of cleanliness from cities to villages.
It is worth noting that every year Swachh Survekshan is organized in all the cities and states of the country by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India. In this, urban cleanliness is assessed under various parameters. Citizens’ feedback is also included in this, mainly through door-to-door garbage collection, scientific disposal of waste, open defecation free city, garbage free city etc. through third party assessment. On this basis, by releasing the ranking of states and cities, the best performing states and cities are rewarded.
Chhattisgarh is the only state in the country where, according to the principles of Narva, Garuwa, Ghurva and Bari, more than 9000 cleanliness didis are collecting 1600 tonnes of wet and dry waste from house to house and scientifically disposed of waste. . Apart from this, Chhattisgarh has been declared as the first ODF plus state of the country by the Government of India.
Urban Development Minister Shri Shiv Kumar Dahria, Additional Chief Secretary Shri Subrata Sahu, Secretary of the Department Alarmelmangai D, Residential Commissioner Ms. M. Geeta, Director of Swachh Bharat Mission, Shri Saumil Ranjan Choubey etc. were present in the ceremony to receive the award in New Delhi. are.
Municipal corporations got awards
Clean Survey, Garbage Free City, Raipur Mayor Ejaz Dhebar, Ambikapur Mayor Ajay Tirkey, Bhilai Charoda Mayor Chandrakant Mandle, Bilaspur Mayor Ramsharan Yadav, Chirmiri Mayor Kanchan Jaiswal, Raigarh Mayor Janki Amrit Katju, Korba Mayor Rajkishore Prasad, Rajnandgaon Mayor Hemasudesh Deshmukh, Durg Mayor Dheeraj Bakliwal as well as Municipal Commissioner, Municipality President, Chief Municipal Officer, Nodal Officers received the award.
Chhattisgarh’s highest body rewarded
While waving its flag in the field of cleanliness, Chhattisgarh has given the best performance while maintaining its status as the cleanest state of the country. Not only as a state, but 67 urban bodies were also rewarded for their excellent performance. Chhattisgarh is the state whose highest number of bodies are being rewarded. Chhattisgarh has been a leading state in the year 2019 and 2020 in terms of cleanliness.
In this way, Chhattisgarh has won in cleanliness
Out of 239 awards given by the President in the field of cleanliness, 67 are related to Chhattisgarh. This is a great achievement.
More than 10 thousand cleanliness didis are behind this success. In more than 7 thousand 500 Gauthans of villages, 70 thousand women of about 5 thousand self-help groups are engaged in improving the environment through various activities. Connected the cleanliness campaign with the Narva-Garwa-Ghurva-Bari program. Emphasized on single-use plastic ban. Worked on the basis of 6-R policy i.e. Rethink, Reuse, Recycle, Repair, Reduce, Refuge, this reduced the amount of new waste generation. Build community and public toilets in habitations.
Build faecal sludge treatment plants for human sewage management, where sewer water is treated. To make people aware, Swachhata Didis went door-to-door and trained people to keep wet and dry waste separately. Toll free number 1100 has been arranged for the disposal of sanitation related complaints of citizens within 24 hours. All public and community toilets were linked to Google so that people can search the toilet near them on the phone itself. Godhan Nyay Yojana increased both cleanliness and income.
