Uttarakhand

• 20 Dec 2022

Atal Nirmal Nagar Award

Why in discussion?

On December 19, 2022, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami awarded the Atal Nirmal Nagar Award to nirmal nagars who performed well in swachh survekshan-2022 at Mukhya Sevak Sadan in Dehradun.

Key Points

• Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami gave away the Atal Nirmal Award to nine bodies of the state and Swachh Gaurav Samman to five nationally awarded bodies on the occasion.
• The Chief Minister announced that the amount of Atal Nirmal Nagar Award will be increased from One Crore to Two Crore Rupees. Cantonment areas will also be included in this as per rules.
• He also announced that after the allotment of houses under the PM Awas Yojana (Urban), an incentive of Five thousand rupees will also be given to the beneficiaries to buy household items.
• He said that environmental friends working during the Chardham Yatra in Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri will get additional honorarium for food, warm uniforms. At the same time, one percent of the funds will be provided from the State Finance Commission for payment of pension dues of employees of the civic centralized service.
• Dehradun Municipal Corporation, Muni Ki Reti Municipality and Nandprayag Nagar Panchayat were awarded first prize for their performance in cleanliness survey.
• Apart from this, Municipal Corporation Haridwar, Cantonment Board Landour, Municipality Ramnagar, Doiwala and Narendranagar were given swachhata gaurav samman.
• On this occasion, the Chief Minister also launched the logo of Doon Cantt Swachhta Chaupal.