Swachh Survekshan 2024-25 Awards

Prelims: Current events of national and international importance.

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President conferred Swachh Survekshan 2024-25 Awards at Vigyan Bhagwan, New Delhi.

Swachh Survekshan - It is an initiative under Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U), launched in 2016.

Annual cleanliness survey conducted by the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) is now the largest urban sanitation survey in the world.

Parameters - Waste segregation, processing, sanitation in public spaces, and citizen feedback.

Award Categories

Premier Super Swachh League cities - Indore, Surat, Navi Mumbai with over 10 lakh population.
- Indore is the cleanest city in this category for the past 7 years.
India’s New Clean Cities - Ahmedabad, Bhopal, and Lucknow, with a population of 10 lakh or above.
One city, One Award - The top-performing cities from each State were recognized as Promising Swachh Shehars through the ‘One City, One Award’ principle.
34 cities across various States and Union Territories earned Promising Swachh Shehars, showcasing their notable progress in urban cleanliness and sanitation excellence.
Cities awarded based on the classification of 5 population categories.

Swach league

Swacha Sheher

Best Ganga Town - Prayagraj.
Best Cantonment Board - Secunderabad Cantonment for its exemplary sanitation efforts.
Best SaifaiMitra Surakshit Shehar - Visakhapatnam, Jabalpur, and Gorakhpur, were declared for their outstanding commitment to the safety and dignity of sanitation workers.
State Govt. of UP, Prayagraj Mela Adhikari and Prayagraj Municipal Corporation as specially recognized for its exceptional urban waste management during the Mahakumbh.
New initiatives
Swachh City Partnership initiative - It emphasized the significance of peer learning for all 78 top performing cities will across all population categories & mentor 1 poor performing city each from the respective States.
Following the mantra of “Each one clean one”, the winning cities will guide, handhold and lead the way for the others.
Accelerated Dumpsite Remediation program – It is a 1-year special program to help fast-track legacy waste remediation and unlock massive urban space and also push the scientific waste processing capacity.
Significance - Promoting the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle (3R) approach
Waste to wealth memento embracing the principles of a circular economy.
Empowering youth, generating green jobs, and creating entrepreneurial opportunities, engaging SHGs.
School interventions, initiatives for source segregation startups, zero waste colonies are making the resolve for Swachh Bharat stronger.

Reference

PIB| Swachh Survekshan 2024-25 Awards