Noida aims to better its 2021 Swachh ranking
NOIDA: The Noida authority has roped in a motivational speaker and started engaging citizens to treat waste better with an aim to improve the city’s Swachh Survekshan rankings in the 2022-23 fiscal.
On Thursday, the authority organised a motivational workshop for its staff at the Panchsheel Balak School auditorium in Sector 91. Amar Chaudhary, a motivational speaker who worked for Indore, the city that secured the top position in the all-india Swachhta ranking five times in a row, spoke to the staff, and requested them to work with a better vision and give their best to make Noida a better and cleaner place to live in.
“The field survey for the Swachhta campaign is likely to begin in April and we need to be prepared for the mission. We arranged a motivational speaker for our employees so that we can work in a better manner,” said Praveen Kumar Mishra, additional chief executive officer of the Noida authority.
The authority said it will also organise meetings for citizens so that they can work as a team. It has also appealed to residents’ welfare associations, apartment owners’ associations and other social organisations to work in tandem for better results in the upcoming cleanliness survey.
The Noida authority has also sought help from residents’ groups to set up small plants to segregate waste and treat it so that the quantity of the garbage that goes to the landfills is reduced. “At least 20 housing societies across Noida are working to treat the waste they generate within their respective societies via biogas plants. We have also asked the Sector 18 traders’ association to set up a plant to treat biodegradable waste and sell the fuel to restaurants,” said Indu Prakash Singh, an officer on special duty, Noida authority.
Noida bagged the fourth spot in the list of cleanest cities with a population between 100,000 and one million in the Swachh Survekshan 2021 — the annual cleanliness survey conducted by the Union ministry of housing and urban affairs, in coordination with the Quality Council of India, under the Swachh Bharat Mission-urban. It was a significant improvement from 2020, when the city bagged the 25th position. Noida had secured the 150th position in 2019 and stood at 324 in the year 2018.