Ghaziabad: The use of regulated plastic and sustainable dust control steps helps Ghaziabad climb one place from 19 to 18 in the Swachh survey this year.
It has been ranked in the city category with a population of more than 10 lakh.
In the overall category, it is ranked 42nd.
6,000 points, Ghaziabad scored 4.893.8 and the second only to Lucknow.
In the MLP category, Ghaziabad scored 2189.8 and 1303.9 under the citizen voice category.
“The fact that Ghaziabad has increased its ranking compared to last year is good news.
But more important is Ghaziabad is recognized under the category of ‘innovation and best practices’,” said Mahendra Singh Tanwar, Commissioner of the City.
Over the past year, plastic waste appeared as the main challenge to maintain cleanliness.
According to estimates.
According to estimates, more than 10% of the total 1,500 tons of citizenship waste produced by the city every day is plastic.
“The segregation center is opened where plastic waste is recycled.
This is then used to make trash cans and other general use items,” he added.
Dust pollution, especially during the winter, is another challenge or civil body.
“Normal practice for years is to contain dust on the streets just mopping.
But now, we collect dust with a separate bag and thrown away, “Tanwar said.” We have bought more than 5,000 dust bags each with a capacity of 5kg.
After sweeping the streets, dust is collected in this bag.
In this way, 50 tons of dust dumped every day, “he added.” Both of these steps were adopted by Ghaziabad Help us bring awards.
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