With 1,745 points, Haryana 2nd among states

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh/Panipat, Nov 20

Haryana has bagged second rank in the ‘Swachh Survekshan Awards-2021’ among states with less than 100 urban local bodies. The state scored 1,745 points out of 6,000.

Jharkhand has emerged as the cleanest state with 1,880 points, while Goa is at the third spot (1,350). Fourteen states have been ranked in this category. In 2020 too, Haryana had secured the second rank.

Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar congratulated the people of the state and officers of the Urban Local Bodies Department for making consistent efforts so as to ensure a clean and green state and also urged them to aim for the first position in the next survey.

In the category of states with more than 100 urban local bodies, Chhattisgarh has been adjudged the “cleanest”, followed by Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.

In the cities with more than 10 lakh population, Faridabad slipped to 41st place while in 2020 it was at the 38th position. Gurugram city improved its rank from 62nd last year to 24th this year among cities with population between 1 lakh and10 lakh. Rohtak slipped to 49th spot from 35th rank last year.

Karnal is at the 86th place this year while in 2020 it was at the 17th position. Ambala got 90th rank and Panchkula slipped to 99th place from 56th spot last year.

Among districts, Gurugram is placed at the 25th spot this year, Rohtak at 91st and Faridabad at the 110th spot.

Meanwhile, with a rise of 11 points, Panipat city secured 185th rank across the country while it secured the seventh position in the state in the ‘Swachh Survekshan, 2021’ that was conducted by the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Government.

Besides, Sonepat city dipped with 132 points and got 235th rank across the country this year while it was on 103rd rank in 2020. Sonepat also slipped at 15th rank in the state while it was on the sixth rank in the previous year.

Kavita Kadyan, Swachh Bharat Mission city team leader, said Panipat was on the 196th rank in 2020 in the population category of 1 to 10 lakh while it was on 188th rank in 2019. The city has improved its position by 11 points this year and secured 185th rank across the country out of a total of 372 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) in the category.

Besides, the Panipat had also improved its rank in the state. Out of total 18 ULBs, Panipat was on the 11th position in 2020 but this year the city secured seventh rank by jumping four steps in comparison of previous year.

Panipat has secured 2,591 marks out of total 6,000 in three various categories. According to the result announced today by the Union Ministry, Panipat secured 1,179 out of 2,400 marks in service level progress (SLP); 912 marks out of 1,800 in citizen’s voice and 500 out of 1,800 marks in certification, Kadyan said. RK Singh, Panipat MC Commissioner, said: “Though the rank has improved but it is not satisfactory and we will make efforts to bring the city in upper ranks.”

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