Surat, which was hit by a terrible plague in 1994, has been ranked as the third best sanitised city in the country, while Rajkot and Ahmedabad have been ranked 9th and 19th, respectively.
Three Gujarat cities have been named among the best sanitised cities in the country by the union government. Diamond city Surat, which was hit by a terrible plague in 1994, has been ranked as the third best sanitised city in the country, while Rajkot and Ahmedabad have been ranked 9th and 19th, respectively.
The ratings are a part of the National Urban Sanitation Policy aimed at making Indian cities and towns more sanitised, healthy and liveable. The ratings are meant to recognise the good performers and to encourage other cities to follow similar sanitary practices.
Topping the list is Chandigarh, followed by Mysore on the second spot and Surat in third place. New Delhi Municipal Council and Delhi Cantonment complete the top five. Rajkot also made it to the top-10 and is ranked ninth, while Ahmedabad, Gujarat’s economic capital, has been ranked 19th on the sanitation parameter. But the other cities in the state did not do too well.
Gandhinagar has been ranked 160th, lower than Mehsana (128), Porbandar (145), Nadiad (153), Bhavnagar (154) and Bharuch (155), while Vadodara was ranked even further below at 232nd place.
Manvita Baradi of Urban Management Centre (UMC), one of the organisations that along with Cept conducted the sanitation survey in cities in Rajasthan and Gujarat said it is a matter of pride for Gujarat that three cities from the state have found a place among top 25 sanitised cities in country.
According to Baradi, the recognition will result in the top cities getting priority in sanitation projects from the union urban development ministry.
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