MBMC eyes spot among top 3 cleanest cities of country

MBMC had tumbled down to the 31st position last year

The Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) is entangled in a tough battle with its Mysore and Noida counterparts to clinch the top rank in this year’s Swachh Bharat Survey. The exercise involves the central government’s critical evaluation of the various measurable aspects of sanitation and hygiene of towns and cities across the country.

After improving its rank by securing a place in the top five cleanest cities, the MBMC had tumbled down to the 31st position last year. This year, the civic administration led by Dilip Dhole is leaving no stone unturned to bag the top spot. As per the revised evaluation parameters and ranking system in the Swachh Survekshan-2022,

the total marks are pegged at 7,500. The survey mechanism will be divided into three parts, including 3,000 marks for service-level progress (40 per cent), 2,250 marks for certification (30 per cent) and 2,250 marks for citizens voice (30 per cent). “We studied the reasons due to which we had lost marks and tried to rectify the shortcomings.

There are altogether 92 cities in the 1 to ten lakh population category and we are giving our best to clinch the top slot. I believe cleanliness is not only about rankings but it’s our commitment and duty to keep the city clean and green all year round,” said Dhole. Apart from other parameters, the sanitation department is eyeing enhanced scoring on the virtue of markings which has been increased for segregated door-to-door collection, swachh ward indicator and citizen voices component.

However, the MBMC faces a slip in the ranking system owing to the non-compliance of the switch over from the existing unified solid waste management project to a viable decentralised scheme mooting multiple mini process plants.

The survey team is likely to pay surprise visits in different parts of the twin-city for direct observation during the next few days. The team would also take feedback from residents.