UT to fix accountability for Swachh Survekshan debacle

To link performance of officers with achievements of their dept

Dushyant Singh Pundir

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 22

In the wake of the drop in the rankings in Swachh Survekshan-2021, the UT Administration has decided to fix accountability of the officers concerned.

The UT witnessed a major drop in its rankings in the annual cleanliness survey conducted by the Centre to promote sanitation in urban centres under the Swachh Bharat Mission.

Chandigarh slipped from last year’s eighth rank to 16th this year among cities with a population of over 10 lakh. The city had to settle for a distant 66th position among 4,320 cities which participated in the survey. However, the city has bagged an award for the best -performing Union Territory under the “Safaimitra Suraksha Challenge” for 2021.

Expressing concern over the decline in the city’s rankings in the national survey, UT Adviser Dharam Pal said a meeting was scheduled for November 24 to review the reasons responsible for the poor performance of the city in the survey.

At the meeting, each officer of the Municipal Corporation (MC) and the Administration would be given responsibility and their performance linked with the performance of their department, he said, adding that if there was no improvement in the performance of the department, the officer concerned would be responsible for it.

Issuing a stern warning to the officers, he said carelessness on the part of any officer would not be tolerated anymore.