Sunday, 02 October 2022 | PNS | DEHRADUN
Haridwar ranked the cleanest Ganga town in India
Uttarakhand has secured a place among the top-three among States with less than 100 urban local bodies in the Swachchh Survekshan 2022 by being adjudged third. President Droupadi Murmu presented a citation to the State’s Urban Development minister Prem Chand Agrawal on Saturday while the State was also felicitated for five of its local bodies- Haridwar, Landaur cantonment, Doiwala Narendranagar and Ramnagar being selected in Swachchh Bharat Mission.
Agrawal informed that four cities were evaluated on the basis of ODF, garbage-free city star rating, documentation done during the year, assessment of sanitation experts and citizens feedback. Further, out of the nearly 62 local bodies along the Ganga in the nation, the Municipal Corporation of Haridwar topped the list whereas Varanasi had topped the list in the previous survey. The minister further said that five local bodies of the State finding a place in the tough competition is a major achievement. He also congratulated chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, the selected local bodies and people of Uttarakhand for the achievement.
Expressing happiness at the development, the CM said that this award at the national level will be helpful in further spreading the message of cleanliness in the public. Along with the national level awards received by the State in tourism, filmmaking and health the latest recognition will also work as a motivation, he opined.
