President Kovind will honour Swachh Survekshan -2021 awardees at Swachh Amrit Mahotsav today

President Ram Nath Kovind will honour the awardees of Swachh Survekshan -2021 at the Swachh Amrit Mahotsav organised by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs in New Delhi today. The Ministry will also award cities certified under the Star Rating Protocol for Garbage Free Cities. The Mahotsav will also pay tribute to the sanitation workers by recognising top performing cities under the Safaimitra Suraksha Challenge earlier initiated by the Ministry.
This is the 6th edition of Swachh Survekshan and is the world’s largest urban cleanliness survey. The scale of Swachh Survekshan has increased over the years. From surveying 73 major cities in 2016, over 4300 cities have participated in 2021. An unprecedented number of citizen feedback of over 5 crores has been received this year. This is a marked increase from last year’s one crores 87 lakh. The 2021 edition was also conducted in record time of 28 days despite several on-ground challenges owing to the COVID pandemic. Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has said that there has been significant on-ground improvements in the performance of States and cities as compared to the previous year.