Showcasing tremendous improvement on sanitation scale, Ranchi grabbed 21st place in the ranking of 100 Urban local Bodies (UlBs), the results of which was announced on Saturday. Interesting Ranchi in Swacchta Survey — 2017 was placed in the 117 spot in the list of 450 UlBs.
Meanwhile, the incredible performance of the State biggest UlB — Ranchi, Chas, Mango, Jamshedpur, Adityapur, Hazaribagh, Dhanbad, Deogarh, Giridih — have been also able to secure descent slots in top 100 ranking list this year under the category of more than one lakh population.
Chas block of Bokaro district which got 19th rank scored 3,173 marks out of 4,000. Similarly, Mango and Ranchi that secured 20th and 21st ranks got 3,162 and 3,146 marks respectively. Jamshedpur with 30th rank received 3,047 marks while Dhanbad was placed in 53rd slot with 2,848 marks. Deogarh got 2,835 marks and was ranked 56th while with 2,813 marks, Giridih got 58th position. Adityapur received 2,772 marks and was placed in 64th spot. Hazaribagh district which was placed in 96th position secured 2,597.
Notably, Chas ranked 41, Jamshedpur ranked 64, Giridih 81 and Hazaribagh 91 in the Swachchhta Survey-2017.
As many as nine districts including Notified Area Committees have been figured in the coveted list. Marks have been given to all UlBs after compiling points under three subheads — State level Progress (1,400 marks) including Direct Observation (1,200 marks) and Citizen Feedback and Swachchhta Mobile Application (1,400 marks).
Prime Minister, Narendra Modi on Saturday unveiled the ranking in the presence of eminent persons in Indore. In the Swachchhta Survey-2018, 4,041 UlBs rubbed the shoulders to grab the top slots.
The national competition organised under the aegis of Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs since 2016, annually invites the States to take up the sanitation challenge.
The PM congratulated the people of Jharkhand for showing great enthusiasm towards the competition. Jharkhand received the award of ‘Best Performing State’ in Swachchhta Sarvekshan-2018. Under National level Award category which comprised 23 awards, Ranchi bagged best State Capital/ Union Territory (UT) award in ‘Citizens Feedback ‘category while Giridih district won award under the category ‘India’s best city in citizen feedback’ covering a population of 1 to 3 lakh.
Similarly, under Zonal level category that comprised 20 awards for the best performing States in different categories, the award for the ‘cleanest city in East Zone’ was bestowed to Bundu block of Ranchi district covering a population of 1 lakh.
Pakur received best city prize in ‘Innovation and Best Practices’ — East Zone while best city in ‘Solid Waste Management’ —East Zone was won by Chaibasa. The national-level awards were categorised in four groups covering a population of 10 lakh and above, three to ten lakh, population between one to three lakh, including best capital cities and UTs.
Expressing contentment over the results on behalf of RMC team, Deputy Mayor, Sanjiv Vijayawargia said, “The Corporation in coordination with all departments is committed to bring change and transform the long existing setup. All possible measures will be taken up by RMC to further improve the ranking of Ranchi in the national competition.”
Minister, Department of Urban Development, Housing and Planning, CP Singh, Additional Chief Secretary, Arun Singh, Director --State Urban Development Agency (SUDA), Rajesh Sharma, Mayor Asha lakra, Town Commissioner Shaantanu Agrahari and others were present during the felicitation ceremony.