Telangana bags 12 ‘Swachh Survekshan’ awards
The Hindu
TS among top performing States for ‘Safaimitra Suraksha Challenge’
Telangana has been declared as one of the top two performing States and a winner in as many as 12 categories at the national-level sanitation challenges and competitions in ‘Swachh Survekshan’ garbage free city ranking (Aug. 20-May 21), Safaimitra Suraksha challenge (Nov. 20-Aug. 21) for overall sanitation improvement, enhanced citizen awareness and engagement towards waste management from among 4,300 cities and towns in the country conducted by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
Commissioner and Director of Municipal Administration N. Satyanarayana informed on Friday that the State has been declared as among the top two States for ‘Safaimitra Suraksha Challenge’ with the winner to be announced during the prize distribution ceremony to be held in New Delhi on Nov. 20, ‘World Toilet Day’, when the ranks will be revealed in the presence of President Ram Nath Kovind.
Karimnagar Municipal Corporation has bagged an award among top three in the same category for urban local bodies below three lakh population. There is a prize money of ₹8 crore for first prize, ₹4 crore for second prize and ₹2 crore for the third prize for the first time in this category, he said.
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