Madhya Pradesh

• 13 Jan 2024

Indore: Cleanest City for Seventh Consecutive Time

Why in News?

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav received the award from President of India Droupadi Murmu at the Swachh Survekshan Award 2023 ceremony held in New Delhi.

• Indore became the cleanest city of the country for the seventh consecutive time.

Key Points

• Indore has shared the title of cleanest city with Surat.
• Like every year in the Swachh Survekshan-2022 conducted by the Government of India, Madhya Pradesh once again set records of cleanliness.
• Achievements of the State in Swachh Bharat Mission:
  • Garbage collection is being done in 100% urban areas of the state. For this, motorized vehicles have been provided to the urban bodies. Global Positioning System (GPS) systems have been installed in these vehicles.
  • Home composting is being encouraged for processing and execution of wet waste. Compost of wet waste stored in centralized composting units of bodies is made. This compost is used as manure in rural areas adjoining urban areas.

Swachh Survekshan 2023

• Swachh Survekshan was introduced by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) in 2016 as a competitive framework to encourage cities to improve the status of urban sanitation while encouraging large scale citizen participation.
• Over the years, Swachh Survekshan has emerged as the largest Urban sanitation survey in the world.