Indore once again won the accolade of the cleanest city in India along with Surat in the ‘Swachh Survekshan Awards’ presented by President Draupadi Murmu on Thursday. This is the seventh time Indore has won the award of the cleanest city in India.
“Indore has bagged the cleanest city award for the seventh time. This award is dedicated to Lord Ram and it was made possible because of the untiring efforts of the people of Indore, workers, officials, MP CM Mohan Yadav, and Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya. I congratulate everyone. Indore has now become a global model now,” said Indore Mayor Pushyamitra Bhargava.
Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan also congratulated the people of Indore for the achievement.
How did Indore Manage to Bag Award for the Cleanest City for the Seventh Time?
Indore exercises a complete ban on single-use plastic which has significantly reduced waste generation over a period of time.
Garbage Collection
The ‘3 R’ (reduce, reuse and recycle) centres, cloth bags and utensil ‘banks’, parks developed using reusable things out of waste materials and home composting units have also played a vital role in the reduction of waste in the city, Indore Municipal Corporation’s (IMC) consultant for the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Amit Dubey stated.
According to IMC officials, around 692 tonnes of wet waste, 683 tonnes of dry waste and 179 tonnes of plastic waste are collected in the city every day under different categories. The waste from households in the city is collected after segregation under six categories at the doorsteps.
To collect this garbage, around 850 specially-designed vehicles having different compartments for bio-waste items like diapers and sanitary napkins run across the city every day.
Waste Management
“A sustainable system of garbage collection, processing and disposal has been developed in Indore. The city’s consecutive success in the National Cleanliness Survey is based on this strong foundation,” Dubey was quoted by PTI as saying.
Biofuel
A ‘Gobar-Dhan’ plant is run by a company in the city under a public-private partnership (PPP) on 15 acres of land at Devguradiya trenching ground. It can produce 17,000 to 18,000 kg of bio-CNG and 100 tonnes of organic fertilisers by processing 550 tonnes of wet waste (like fruits, vegetables and raw meat waste) every day, officials added.
The bio-CNG produced at this plant is used to run 110 city buses, and the fuel is sold to the municipal corporation for Rs 5 per kilogram, which is less than the prevailing market rate.
(With PTI inputs)
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