The online verification of documents submitted by the Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) in the wake of ‘Swaach Survekshan – 2019’ began from Monday. The detailed documents compiled covering the availability of toilets – modular and community, number of twin bins, status of garbage collection; complaints addressed through ‘MoUD Swacchta Application’, promotion methodologies etc have been uploaded on the website of Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA).
“The online verification of documents for sanitation challenge – 2019 has begun. The Municipal Corporation has uploaded the details. Also, the details submitted are being updated on a regular basis. Besides, the online verification, the central team will conduct the physical verification of a few selected spots here soon. The dates of central’s team visit will be disclosed soon,” said RMC City Manager and SBM-Cell In-charge, Sandeep Kumar.
Recently, the team of Quality Council of India (QCI) evaluated the condition of public toilets located within the jurisdiction of RMC. The assessment was carried out in the wake to grant Open Defecation Free + (ODF Plus) tag to the State biggest Urban Local Body (ULB). The QCI team inquired about the measures being adopted by the respective Civic Body here to popularise the usage of public toilets, geo tagging, cleanliness including the total number of toilets located at a regular interval within the urban vicinity.
The nodal ministry - MoHUA has added a few more vital components to the annual sanitation ranking granted to the cities that takes up the cleanliness challenge. Besides the regular elements like citizens feedback, information – education and communication (IEC) protocol including the service level progress, SBA -- ODF Plus protocol focuses on sustaining community/ public toilet usage by ensuring its functionality, cleanliness and maintenance by the respective ULB.
To scale up the coverage of the annual ranking exercise by promoting and elaborating the concept of ‘Swacch Bharat Abhiyan’s – Swacchta Survekshan’, this year, special attention under ‘Solid Waste Management’ criteria is on processing and disposal of waste (30 per cent), collection and transportation (27 per cent), sustainable sanitation (25 per cent), Innovation (5 per cent), By-laws (5 per cent), CB (3 per cent) and Information, Education and Communication (IEC) ( 5 per cent).
Further, comprising 5000 marks, an additional element containing 1,250 points (for certification 25 per cent, 20 per cent star rating including 5 per cent for open defecation free (ODF), ODF + and ODF ++ has been added, besides keeping the previous model of direct observation, citizen feedback including the service level progress. For regular segment 1,250 marks each under all sub-heads will be given to the participating cities