Chennai slips to 44th position in Swachh Survekshan 2022

CHENNAI, Tamil Nadu: The Chennai Municipal Corporation drops to 44^th position in the latest Swachh Survekshan national rankings 2022, which was released on October 1, 2022. The President of India Droupadi Murmu felicitated the winners in an award ceremony held in Talkatora Stadium, New Delhi.

This time three local bodies of Tamil Nadu have recorded their presence in the national rankings. These three local bodies include Coimbatore (42^nd position) followed by Chennai (44^th position) and Madurai (45^th position). In the last Swachh Survekshan held in 2021, Chennai secured 43^rd position, while in 2020 the civic body was ranked 45^th.

Earlier in 2022, a team of representatives from Chennai Municipal Corporation and Tambaram Corporation conducted a field visit to Indore to study the best practices followed there.

As far as the criteria of the ranking is concerned, Chennai was well ahead in segregated door-to-door waste collection, water bodies, cleanliness of markets, residential areas, roads and daily sweeping criteria. However, the local body was lagging in the cleanliness of drains and public toilets. It recorded the lowest score in citizens’ grievance redressal criteria.

K N Nehru, Minister for Municipal Administration, Government of Tamil Nadu, received the award from the President on behalf of the state for its commendable performance to ensure piped water connection in rural areas under the ambitious Jal Jeevan Mission. Till Now, the state has provided piped water connections to 55 per cent of its total rural household population. The Jal Jeevan Mission Awards ceremony was held in New Delhi on Sunday, October 2.