Swachh Survekshan 2024: First round of survey completed in Mysuru

Swachh Survekshan 2024 in Mysuru focuses on solid waste management to improve city's national cleanliness ranking.

The first round of Swachh Survekshan 2024 (SS-2024), entailing a survey of Mysuru’s cleanliness quotient – and whose outcome will determine the city’s national ranking on cleanliness parameter - was completed on Saturday with a focus on solid waste management.

Sources in the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) said that two officials from the Centre camped in the city for three days and analysed the records and documents on waste generation, waste management, and recycling. There were also multiple spot visits after which the exercise concluded.

Two more visits are in the offing, which will determine how Mysuru is faring with regard to water and sanitation and whether it was garbage free.

K.S. Mruthyunjaya, Assistant Executive Engineer, MCC, and nodal officer for Swachh Survekshan (SS-2024), said the officials also made random visits to different parts of the city to apprise themselves of solid waste management and sought public feedback. The first round of inspection and scrutiny carries 10,000 marks out of 12,500 marks that are earmarked for the SS-2024, he added.

Mysuru slid to the 27th rank in the 2023 SS exercise. It came as a shock to the MCC, as the city was always ranked among the top five urban centres in the country in terms of cleanliness. “We have put in a lot of effort for the last few months, and the civic workers, including the pourakarmikas, work till 4 p.m. to ensure that the garbage is cleared off public places,” Mr. Mruthyunjaya said.

The MCC had also resorted to imposing fines on people littering the streets and dumping garbage as a result of which there were black spots across the city. “Our efforts will pay dividends, and we are confident of reclaiming Mysuru’s position among the top-ranked cities,” Mr. Mruthyunjaya said.

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, which is conducting the survey, has also given the bifurcation of the 10,000 marks across 54 indicators and 166 sub-indicators as per which, visible cleanliness will carry 1,500 marks. Segregation, collection, and transportation of waste will carry 1,000 marks, while 1,000 marks have been earmarked for solid waste management.