Students sensitised on Swachh Survekshan

Charminar: The Officials of GHMC and in coordination with other departments on Tuesday visited M S College for Boys, as part of awareness generation amongst the students about the Swachh Survekshan. They asked the students to call toll free number 1969 to register their feedback about the cleanliness in their areas by the month end.

Deputy Commissioner P Saralamma (Charminar) and other officials explained that Swachh Survekshan survey conducted as part of Swachh Bharat Mission aimed to rank cities on various sanitation and cleanliness parameters towards achieving Swachh Bharat. Speaking to The Hans India, the official said that awareness amongst the students was part of the mission. “We also called upon students who were reached 18 years to register themselves with the Election Commission,” she added.

The public could make use of a toll-free number 1969 to get connected with the corporation’s officials towards maintenance of better sanitation conditions in their surroundings. The fourth edition of the annual cleanliness survey of urban India started in January 4 and is being conducted across 4,237 towns and cities by end of this month.

It may be mentioned here that the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) had conducted ‘Swachh Survekshan-2016’ survey for ranking 73 cities in January 2016. This was followed by ‘Swachh Survekshan-2017’ conducted in January-February 2017 where 434 cities were ranked. The third round of survey ‘Swachh Survekshan-2018’ was conducted across 4,203 cities.