Swachh Survekshan ’21: Hyd tops citizen feedback category

Hyderabad: The city topped the citizen feedback category in the central government survey which assesses the cleanest and dirtiest cities in the country. As per Swachh Bharat records, 10,10,729 people from the city logged onto the Swachhata App or visited the website and rated the sanitation levels here. Ahmedabad came second followed by Visakhapatnam, Bhopal, and Prayagraj.

In Swachh Survekshan 2021 (SS2021), citizen feedback will carry 1,800 marks out of 6,000. People answered questions related to cleanliness level in their neighbourhood, sanitation in commercial/public areas, waste segregation, public toilets and grievance reddressal. Final ranks will given in March.

But some say civic authorities need to address certain issues like private land parcels caught in legal tangles, lack of public washrooms, waste segregation and sanitation along commercial stretches to achieve a high rank.

GHMC officials are expecting a good rank this year. “The GHMC retained te ODF (open defecation free) certification this year too. We have also applied for water plus city certification where cities are ranked for treatment of sewage water,” said Ravi Kanth, GHMC assistant medical officer for health Jubliee Hills circle.