Surat: Among government offices in diamond city’s south west zone -- Athwa -- of Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC), city police commissioner office sparkles brightest. Beating other competitors including collector office, irrigation department, district and sessions court and SUDA in Athwa zone, CP office was ranked topmost as the cleanest government office in the results of the Cleanliness Competition 2021 that was announced recently.
SMC set up various categories to judge institutions’ cleanliness like hotel, hospital, schools, government offices and also residential societies. In the government office category, the civic body’s own Athwa zone office and its Vesu Health Centre clinched the second and third positions respectively.
“Through this cleanliness ranking, city police too contributed to the Swachh Bharat Mission,” said Saroj Kumari, deputy commissioner of police, headquarters.
Among other institutions in Athwa zone limits Sunshine Global hospital has ranked first in hospitals, Marriott among hotels, in schools Broadway International School and in residential societies Spring Valley was ranked first.
“Various aspects of cleanliness were judged in the competition that was held as a part of creating awareness for making the city cleanest," said a health department official in SMC.