LUDHIANA: Municipal corporation officials have announced the results for swachhta ranking programme under which they judged cleanliness in various government and private institutions. The results were announced on Thursday and next week the certificates would be distributed among the winners. The officials claimed that such types of programmes help in encouraging people to join hands in making swachhta programme successful.
As many as 72 participants took part in this programme and maximum entries were received from schools. The 22 schools, 12 hotels, 12 RWAs, 11 government departments and 15 hospitals took part in it.
The MC officials had uploaded a form on the website of the MC and people had to register till September 30. After this, the ranking was supposed to take place. But the officials had received only 37 entries by that time, so the rankings got delayed. It was finally done on November 16 and now results had been announced.
This ranking programme was being organised under Swachhta Survekshan-2021 and it carried 70 marks. It will help the civic body get good ranking in the survekshan. Last year too, it had 72 participants.
While giving more information, nodal officer Maheshwar Singh said they checked the premises and on the basis of various steps, which these institutions took for managing their solid waste or other measures for improving the sanitation condition in their premises. He said they would organise a small function next week, where they would give away the participation certificates.
In the rankings the MC officials checked hygienic conditions in and around the premises, availability of dustbins, composting pits for making manure from wet waste, segregation of wet and dry waste, proper disposal of biomedical waste, availability of park or green belt, dustbins in each shop in a market, swachhta slogans or graffiti and any other efforts towards Swachh Bharat Mission.
box: The winners in various categories
In educational institutions Sacred Heart Convent School got first place while Satpal Mittal School and BCM Senior Secondary School were at second and third position. In hospitals’ category, the CMCH, Fortis and civil hospital remained at first, second and third place. While district defence welfare office, central post office and EPF organisation remained at first, second and third place.
In residents welfare association Manav Jeevan Adarsh Sewa Society, Guru Ramdas Cooperative Society and Silver Kunj Development Society are the winners. Last in the hotels’ category Hotel Park Plaza, Hotel Regal Blu and Hotel Maharaja Regency were the winners.