Cleanest Districts in India
The ‘Swachh Survekshan’ for rural India was
recently released.
Background:
A total of 22 hill districts and 53 plain
areas were assessed under the Gramin Swachh Survekshan launched in May 2016.
The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation had commissioned Quality Council
of India (QCI) to carry out the assessment.
Each district has been judged on four
distinct parameters. Maximum weightage was places on accessibility to safe
toilets and water. The parameters to judge sanitation status include:
- Households having access to safe toilets and using them (toilet usage, water accessibility, safe disposal of waste) (40%).
- Households having no litter around (30%).
- Public places with no litter in the surrounding (10%).
- Households having no stagnant wastewater around (20%).
Highlights of the study:
- Mandi (Himachal Pradesh) and Sindhudurg (Maharashtra) are the cleanest districts in India.
- Mandi was judged as the cleanest district in “Hills” category and Sindhudurg as the cleanest in the “Plains” category.
- Districts of Sikkim, Shimla (Himachal Pradesh), Nadia (West Bengal) and Satara (Maharashtra) have also featured at the top of the index.
