Inter-ward contest to better Swachh ranking
Gaurav Kanthwal
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, September 30
To improve the Swachh Bharat rankings of the UT, the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (MC) is organising a monthly inter-ward competition beginning October 2 till January 2021.
The 26 wards of the UT will vie for top honours every month based on their score on different parameters related to municipal services.
“Nodal officers for each ward have been appointed. The evaluation will be done by a panel headed by Nazuk Kumar. The panel will include officials from the UT Administration,” said Sorabh Arora, Joint Commissioner, MC.
Besides cleanliness, the civic body has identified 20 parameters on which the progress of each ward will be evaluated.
“The whole process has been designed to prepare the city for the Swachh Bharat rankings next year,” he said. Chandigarh has been placed 16th in the latest Swachh Survekshan rankings.
The ward that collects the maximum hazardous waste (e-waste) gets a prize. There are prizes for waste segregation and people’s participation (RWAs) among others.
“The cleanliness part roughly carries 30 per cent weightage. Seventy per cent weightage is for the amount of waste generated in a ward and how it is transported, processed without creating pollution,” said an MC official.
The maximum accountability will be of the councillors as they will supervise their teams and all operations of their ward.
Soon, the MC will launch a mobile van, ‘Swachh Savari’, which will go from ward to ward and collect reusable things from the residents as donation and display these so that needy people are benefited.
It is based on the 3R initiative (reduce, reuse and recycle) to build a sound-material-cycle society through the effective use of resources and material.
Beyond cleanliness
Generally, a Swachh Sarvekshan gives a perception of a ranking based on cleanliness, but it goes far beyond that. The Swachh Sarvekshan counts people’s involvement, their civic sense, the enforcement of rules, how funds are generated and what new ventures were floated during the fixed time period. There is also a focus on slaughterhouses and the existing sewerage system in the city. Each complaint made at the MC office is accounted for and points are deducted on delay on an hourly basis.
Mobile van to be launched
The MC will launch a mobile van, ‘Swachh Savari’, which will go from ward to ward and collect reusable things from the residents as donation and display these so that needy people are benefited. It is based on the 3R initiative (reduce, reuse and recycle) to build a sound-material-cycle society through the effective use of resources and material.
