How clean is your society? Survey results soon in Greater Noida

NOIDA: The Greater Noida Authority will soon announce the results of the cleanliness survey for housing socities and educational institutions.
Solid Waste Management (SWM) Rules, 2016, is applicable in Greater Noida. Under this, the bulk waste generators have to dispose of the garbage on their own. The Authority only picks up inert waste.
Housing societies and educational institutions generating bulk waste were asked questions related to cleanliness such as the quantity of garbage generated daily and if the same was segregated before disposal during the survey on the lines of Swachh Survekshan.
Prerna Sharma, GNIDA’s additional CEO, said, “Some 37 housing societies participated in the competition based on the prescribed parameters. Of these, 10 societies fulfilling the maximum parameters were selected. Now the authorities are conducting a spot inspection.”
The Authority’s team has so far inspected Purvanchal Royal City Society, Civil Service Officer Welfare Society, Armed Forces Officer Society, Eldeco Mystic Greens Society, Bennett University and Kendriya Vidyalaya. The remaining societies will also be surveyed soon by the team headed by GNIDA’s senior manager (health department) Utsav Niranjan.
The best five bulk waste generators will be awarded in both the categories.
Those topping the survey will get a cash reward of Rs 30,000.
Similarly, Rs 25,000 will be given to the second ranked society and institute, Rs 20,000 to the third, Rs 7,500 to the fourth and Rs 5,000 to the fifth ranked society and institute.