Nagpur: Despite slipping in Swachh Survekshan, the city is better at Safaimitra Surakha challenging by the central government for the first time under the mission of Swaph Bharat.
The city has ranked 15th among 45 cities with more than 10 lakh populations in the country.
The rating announced by the Ministry of Housing and urban affairs a day showed the city was in fourth place among 10 cities in the state.
Navi Mumbai, who secured second place in this country, was the first in the state, followed by Kalyan-dombivali in number two, and Aurangabad at three o’clock.
However, when it came to score, City managed to get only 334.08 out of a total of 1,000 marks.
Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) Supplementary City Commissioner Ram Joshi told TII, “Rank 15 among 45 satisfactory cities.
The government regulates this challenge for the first time and we hope to increase position next year.
This challenge is about handling waste systems and The safety of workers involved in this work.
We have involved a waste suction machine in each of the 10 zones to clean the choking waste line.
We have life insurance for all sanitation workers who work permanently.
We also give them a replacement for hospitalization.
They get all the safety kits to work.
“Under Swachh Survekshan-2021 rating was announced on the past, City were ranked 23rd among 48 cities.
Last year, the city was in 18th position.
Sanitation leader leader Kishor Samountre, “About 400 of the total 8,000 sanitation workers are involved in cleaning the waste network.
There are many areas in the city where the machine cannot enter.
Therefore, NMC has continued cleaning manual lines and rooms, which are harmful to sanitation workers.
They are not given basic facilities such as hand gloves, gumboots, masks etc.
For the past 12 years, workers involved in daily wages are not even given uniforms.
They are also forced to enter the waste space, which is an inhuman activity.
“NMC has not involve robots.
or other mechanical systems to clean the choking waste lines and rooms.
Even the got hole is open in many areas and waste water can be seen overflowing on the road or in public places in several regions.
Among the 85 cities that fell on a population of 3-10 lakh, Amravati stood in 7th place with a sign of 604.60 followed by Chandrapur in 12th position with 501.48 marks and akola at 42 points with a number with minus 8.81 .