Jharkhand
Jamshedpur: Cleanest City in Jharkhand
- 13 Jan 2024
- 2 min read
Why in News?
Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee (JNAC), the civic utility for Jamshedpur town area, continues to be the best in Jharkhand in terms of cleanliness.
- Jamshedpur bagged the top spot for the fifth time in succession (since 2019), as well as 43rd position in the population category of 1-10 lakh nationwide in the pan-India survey and over-all it has been ranked 78th among 4500+ cities in India.
Key Points
- JNAC bagged the top spot in the cities under population category of 1-10 lakh in Jharkhand in the Swachh Survekshan 2023.
- In Swachh Survekshan 2023, JNAC has received a total of 7042.4 marks out of 9500. Besides, Jamshedpur city also has Open Defecation Free (ODF++) and 3 Star certification.
- JNAC also claimed to host regularly “Indian Swachhta League 2.0”, “Recycle Reduce and Reuse (RRR) Campaign”, “Home Composting”, Swachhta Hi Seva, Swachhta Ke Do Rang, “Kabaad Se Jugaad” to spread awareness for better waste management apart from workshops on topics like plastic ban.
- Awareness was also spread through “wall painting”, cleanliness ranking among schools, hotels, hospitals, residential apartments, cleanliness related messages and hoardings.
