{"id":9590,"date":"2020-08-22T23:20:26","date_gmt":"2020-08-22T17:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/?p=9590"},"modified":"2020-08-22T23:20:26","modified_gmt":"2020-08-22T17:50:26","slug":"swachh-survekshan-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/swachh-survekshan-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Swachh Survekshan 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Relevance: Prelims: Polity &amp; Governance<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storiesofsurat.files.wordpress.com\/2020\/01\/image-1.png?w=790\" alt=\"Swachh Survekshan 2020 | Citizen Feedback \u2013 SURAT DIARIES\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Why in news?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Indore was declared the cleanest city in India for the fourth consecutive time in the Swachh Survekshan, 2020 \u2014 India\u2019s annual survey on cleanliness.<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Swachh Survekshan<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>It is an annual survey of cleanliness, hygiene and sanitation in cities and towns across India.<\/li>\n<li>It ranks\u00a0India\u2019s cities, towns and states based on sanitation, waste management and overall cleanliness.<\/li>\n<li>It was launched as part of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, which aimed to make India clean and free of open defecation by 2 October 2019.<\/li>\n<li>The first survey was undertaken in 2016 and covered 73 cities; by 2019 the survey had grown to cover 4237 cities and was said to be the largest cleanliness survey in the world.<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Survey methodology<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>The surveys are carried out by the Quality Council of India. The criteria and weightage for different components of sanitation-related aspects used for the survey were:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>a)<\/strong>\u00a0Municipal documentation (solid waste management including door-to-door collection, processing, and disposal, and open defecation free status. These carried 45 per cent of the total 2,000 marks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>b)<\/strong>\u00a0Citizen feedback \u2013 30 per cent (450 + 150 marks)<\/p>\n<p><strong>c)<\/strong>\u00a0Independent observation \u2013 25 per cent (500 marks)<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Highlights of the 2020 Rankings<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Surat in Gujarat and Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra bagged the second and third spot respectively among the cleanest cities with more than a million populations.<\/li>\n<li>Maharashtra\u2019s Karad, Saswad and Lonavala bagged the first three positions for cities having a population less than one lakh.<\/li>\n<li>Among the cities with a population between one and 10 lakh, Chhattisgarh\u2019s Ambikapur was declared the cleanest, followed by Mysore in Karnataka.<\/li>\n<li>In fact, Chhattisgarh has ranked the cleanest state in the category of states having more than 100 Urban Local Bodies (ULB). It was followed by Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.<\/li>\n<li>In 2019, Chhattisgarh was in the third position in the category. The survey found that Chhattisgarh is the first and only state where every city achieved Open Defecation Free (ODF)++ status.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>For more such notes, Articles, News &amp; Views Join our Telegram Channel.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Telegram Link\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/triumphias\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>https:\/\/t.me\/triumphias<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Click the link below to see the details about the UPSC \u2013Civils courses offered by Triumph IAS.<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"courses available\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/pages-all-courses.php\">https:\/\/triumphias.com\/pages-all-courses.php<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Relevance: Prelims: Polity &amp; Governance Why in news? 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