For the first time, Swachh Survekshan League 2020 (SS League 2020) has been introduced for sustaining the on-ground performance of cleanliness projects and their continuous monitoring in local urban bodies of Odisha.
The league includes solid waste management, liquid waste management, plastic waste management to be done in a timely and innovative manner. The objective of the survey is to encourage large scale citizen participation in making towns and cities a better place to live in. Additionally, the survey also intends to foster a spirit of healthy competition among towns and cities to improve their service delivery to citizens, towards creating cleaner cities and towns.
The SS League would be conducted in three quarters, April-June, July-September and October- December. The performance of cities in SS League 2020 is crucial to their ranking in Swachh Survekshan 2020 due to the 25% weightage of the quarterly assessments to be included in the annual survey scheduled to commenced from January 4 and continue till January 31, 2020.
The Housing and Urban Development Department has taken proactive steps in this direction and undertaken many activities. A State-level workshop was organised in Bhubaneswar. Swachh Survekshan toolkits and other required handouts were distributed among participants to use them as ready beckoner. Since Swachh Survekshan requires voluminous data uploading on regular basis, a one-day orientation programme was organised for sanitation experts and MIS programmers. As per a comprehensive plan, all the 114 ULBs have undertaken various initiatives such as holding meetings with stakeholders and creating massive awareness for Swachh Survekshan 2020.
The ULBs are creating awareness through distribution of leaflets, mike announcement, wall paintings, rallies, competitions, street plays, hoardings, mascot, focus group discussions etc. ‘Swachh Sathis” nominated from Women SHGs have been entrusted with the responsibility of generating awareness by visiting each and every household in the assigned wards.
This exercise is an endeavor not only to generate awareness on Swachh Survekshan 2020 but also a bold step to make Odisha, Swachh Odisha Sustha Odisha, said organisers.