Chandigarh gets the 11th cleanest city tag in Swachh Survekshan 2023

Chandigarh, January 11 Chandigarh today secured the 11th cleanest city tag in the Swachh Survekshan 2023. It got 12th position last year. This time, the city has also won the Best Safaimitra Surakshit Shehar award in the country. A...

Tribune News Service

Updated At : 06:48 PM Jan 11, 2024 IST

Chandigarh, January 11

Chandigarh today secured the 11th cleanest city tag in the Swachh Survekshan 2023. It got 12th position last year.

This time, the city has also won the Best Safaimitra Surakshit Shehar award in the country.

A proud moment for Chandigarh
Chandigarh becomes no 1 Safaimitra Surakshit Shehar in Swachh Survekshan 2023. Received the award from Her Excellency Smt. Droupadi Murmu ji, President of India, in the presence of Sh. Nitin Yadav, Adviser, UT, Chd and Smt. Anindita Mitra, MCC… pic.twitter.com/eBpYU7BdQP
— Anup Gupta (@gupta_anup) January 11, 2024

President Droupadi Murmu gave away the awards to the city team led by Mayor Anup Gupta, UT Home Secretary Nitin Kumar Yadav, MC Commissioner Anindita Mitra and Chief Engineer NP Sharma.

The city report card released here today found 100 per cent cleanliness of residential as well market areas, waste generation vs processing, cleanliness of water bodies and public toilets. While remediation of dumpsites was 67 per cent, door to door collection of waste is 99 per cent and waste segregation at source is 97 per cent.