On the 20th of August, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) secured the top rank as the best Mega City in the Swachh Survekshan 2020 Citizens feedback category.
and the 23rd rank in the overall category beating Mumbai, Bengaluru and other Metro cities.
Swachh Survekshan 2020 is an initiative under which, best cities and states are ranked as per the feedback of the citizens of India.
The initiative provides separate rankings for cities with one lakh or more population (national ranking) and those below one lakh (state and zonal rankings.)
The decision and rankings are based on an assessment of progress starting from January till December under Swachh Bharat Mission Urban (SBM-U) which covers 4,384 cities.
According to last year’s assessment, the Union Government prepared the rankings and released, on the 20th of August.
Mayor Bonthu Rammohan took to Twitter and said, “Happy to share this year GHMC bagged the Best Mega city in Citizens feedback in above 40 lakh population. Also we are in 23 position in Swachh Survekshan rankings as against 35 in 2019.”
The Swachh Survekshan 2020 campaign was conducted in three quarters of 2019 as league to ensure sustainability of cleanliness outcomes throughout the year.
The annual cleanliness survey of Swachh Survekshan 2020 was conducted between January to February 2020 by Ministry of Home and Urban Affairs.
There are 500 cities with the population above 1 lakh. Hyderabad participated under the category of cities with the population above 1 lakh.
According to the rankings, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has been awarded No.1 as a “Best Mega City in Citizen Feedback” (above 40 lakh population) category and ranked at 23rd in above 10 lakh population category for over all performance and is ahead of Greater Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, and North and South Delhi Metro Cities.
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