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In News: The 2nd phase of the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), announced in the Union Budget, will be responsible for sewage management in all cities that have less than 1 lakh population.
- The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) also launched the sixth edition of the annual Swachh Survekshan.
6th edition of Swachh Sarvekshan
- Survey assesses waste segregation, wet waste processing capacity, dry waste recycling, construction and demolition waste processing, and landfill waste.
- Over 2,000 surveyors organised by the Quality Council of India will randomly visit 4,321 cities across the country throughout March to assess them according to sanitation parameters.
- It will roll out state rankings after weighing different cities as per following categories:
- Open Defecation Free (ODF),
- ODF+ (when the toilets are maintained),
- ODF++ (when sewage systems operate) and
- Garbage-free rating.
- States will also be given Prerak Dauur Samman awards under following heads:
- Divya (platinum),
- Anupam (gold),
- Ujjwal (silver),
- Udit (bronze), and
- Aarohi (copper / aspiring).
- For the first time, districts (subsuming municipal corporations, municipalities, and town areas) will also be assessed on the basis of their underlying urban local bodies.
- There are plans on creating uniforms for “safaimitras”, like policemen.
- Mysuru won the first Swachh Survekshan while Indore has won the last three, as the survey expanded from 73 cities in 2016 to 4,242 cities in 2020.
- The 2020 winner will be announced soon.
- The Mission is currently framing the guidelines for Swachh Survekhshan 2022, which will be more “citizen centric” and have more importance on technological solutions.
Key Highlights of SBM 2.0
- Major focus will be the segregation of waste at the source.
- This progressive step will reduce the cost, effort and need of segregation waste technology for Urban Local Bodies.
- It will target legacy landfills, single-use plastic, and construction and demolition waste.
- The solid and liquid waste management (SLWM) component of ODF Plus will be monitored on the basis of output-outcome indicators for four key areas:
- Plastic waste management,
- Biodegradable solid waste management (including animal waste management),
- Grey water management and
- Fecal sludge management.
- The ODF Plus programme will converge with MGNREGA and Jal Jeevan Mission.
- Novel model to converge finances from different vertices:
- From the budget of Dept. of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Rs 52,497 crore will be devolved.
- Rest of funds will come from funds being released under
- 15th Finance Commission,
- MGNREGS and
- Revenue generation models particularly for solid and liquid waste management.
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Source: IE
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