Gujarat has the second highest number of coronaviruses in India. The number of infected people in Gujarat has crossed 11000. But in the midst of this Corona riots, good news has come for Gujarat. Even though Gujarat is performing poorly in the fight against Corona, Gujarat has won in terms of cleanliness. Under the Prime Minister's Swachh Bharat Yojana, only 6 out of 140 cities in India have received 5 star ratings. Out of which 2 cities are from Gujarat.
Very happy to announce the results of Star Rating of Garbage Free Cities.
The Star Rating Protocol was launched in 2018 to institutionalize a mechanism for cities to achieve Garbage Free status & achieve higher degrees of cleanliness. @PMOIndia @PIB_India @SwachhBharatGov
Heartiest congratulations to Ambikapur, Rajkot, Surat, Mysuru, Indore & Navi Mumbai for receiving a 5-Star Rating, 65 cities for receiving a 3-Star Rating & 70 cities for receiving 1-Star Rating this year.
I am sure this will inspire all cities to improve their ratings in future.
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Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri today announced the rating of waste-free cities under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. In which the cleanest 6 cities got 5 stars. In addition, 65 cities across the country have been awarded 3 stars and 70 cities 1 star. Only 6 cities across the country have been given 5 star rankings by the Ministry for Housing and Urban. This star rating includes 5 stars, 3 stars and 1 star in 4 major cities of Gujarat.
Among these cities, Surat has got 5 star rating. Only Rajkot and Surat in the state have received such 5 star ratings. In this regard, the mayor of Surat, Dr. Jagdish Patel said that awareness among the people about hygiene has increased. In addition, this has become possible due to the waste disposal work being done by the municipality. More work will be done in the future to make the citizens more aware and to ensure proper disposal of waste.
Rajkot and Surat in Gujarat, Ambikapur in Chhattisgarh, Mysore in Karnataka, Indore in Madhya Pradesh and Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra have been given five-star ratings by Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday.
Surat and Rajkot are considered to be absolutely perfect for living in the country. Apart from this, Ahmedabad in Gujarat, Karnal in Haryana, New Delhi, Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh and Bhilai Nagar in Vijayawada, Chandigarh and Chhattisgarh have got 3 stars. While Delhi Kent, Vadodara and Rohtak have been given 1 star.
