8th Edition of the World’s Largest Urban Cleanliness Survey Begins

The field assessment of Swachcha Survekshan 2023 is going to be launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Assessment from 1st July 2023. As a part of Swachcha Bharat Mission, urban cleanliness survey is based on cleanliness of public spaces and toilets, feedback of residents and the performance of municipalities in waste collection, segregation and processing. Swachcha Survekshan 2023- Mera Sheher, Meri Pehechan is the 8th annual edition ranking released on the basis of cleanliness of the cities by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Assessment .

Ministry Responsible for Urban Cleanliness Survey

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Assessment release the annual ranking based on the cleanliness of public places and toilets, feedback of residents and the performance of municipalities which is known by the name Swachcha Survekshan.

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More about Swachcha Survekshan 2023:

• Swachcha Survekshan is a part of Swachcha Bharat Mission launched in 2016 with the objective to help the cities in achieving the goal of sustainable sanitation. Swachca Survekshan 2023 is the 8th edition of the Urban Cleanliness Survey, in the Swachca Survekshan 2023 about 3000 assessors will take the field assessment of about 4500+ cities within a month and their ranking will be released later in the year.
• While talking about the Swachcha Survekshan 2022 only 4,354 cities were included in the urban cleanliness survey, out of which Indore topped the ranking.

Criteria for ranking released for the Urban Cleanliness Survery:

The cities will be marked out of 9,500 marks and the division is as follows:

• 53% is for service level progress out of which 40% of marks will be for the processing and disposal of waste, 33% for segregated collection and 27% for the used water management and protection of sanitation workers.
• 23% for certification.
• 23% for citizens feedback.