Beating all the 144 Durga Puja pandals put up in the State Capital, the breathtaking replica of modern architecture, Mysore Palace not just enthralled pandal hoppers in terms of creativity but had also impressed the civic body officials for keeping the spot clean. Followed by Satya Amar lok and Harmu Panch Mandir in the solid waste management disposal and handling, the Bharatiya Navyuvak Sangh Puja Pandal bagged the ‘Swacch Survekshan Award 2016’ setting example for others.
In an attempt to inculcate cleanliness habit among the city residents and to keep the Capital City filth free, in an innovative approach Ranchi Municipal Corporation under the guidelines of Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India conducted a survey under the five members committee chaired by Deputy Mayor Sanjeev Vijaywargia. The result of the competition was declared on ‘Vijay Dhasmi’. All these puja pandals have been rated out of 1,000 points on various facets.
After the three-day survey, the report has been compiled keeping the set eight parameters which include segregation of waste materials, availability of pits on spot for disposal of biodegradable wastes, handling of the non-biodegradable wastes to RMC, arrangement of dustbins as per the size and area of puja pandals, number of sanitation hoardings put up on pandal premises by the puja committee members, use of paper and jute bags instead of polythene, immersion of idols in a demarcated area by RMC and spit tub management on spots.
“Initiated by the Urban Development department, all the 43 urban local bodies (UlB) across the State have been issued the communiqué for conducting competition to assess cleanliness on pandals premises few weeks ago. Urban vicinity was divided into five zones. The committee members were assisted by zonal heads and 55 ward supervisors for conducting this survey. The civic body will conduct similar kind of competition again for creating awareness among the denizens,” said, Additional Municipal Commissioner of RMC, Bidyanand Sharma.
The survey which commenced on October 8 witnessed active participation and preparation of puja committee members. “This year waste management is precisely much better in comparison to other years. In the name of competition, all the puja Samiti members have ensured that all basic arrangements on pandals premises. It was a tough fight as several pandals have got same marks,” stated Medical Officer RMC and member of Swacchta Survekshan committee, Dr. Kiran Kumari.
Notably, the initiative is to boost the upcoming ‘Swacchta Survekshan 2017’ likely to kick up from February. The endeavour is also to ensure that cleanliness is maintained in State capital as several districts were placed in bottom in ‘Swacchta Survekshan 2015’. RMC was ranked 61 out of 73 Municipal Corporations in the survey conducted all over the country last year.