(MENAFN- KNN India) Mysore city in Karnataka has topped the Swachh Bharat Rankings of 476 cities in the country with three more from the state figuring in the top 10. The city leads with minimal open defecation and extensive adoption of solid waste management practices.
According to the Ministry of Urban Development, the top 10 ranked cities are Mysore, Thiruchirapalli (Tamil Nadu), Navi Mumbai, Kochi (Kerala), Hassan, Mandya and Bengaluru from Karnataka, Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala), Halisahar (West Bengal) and Gangtok (Sikkim).
These rankings are based on the extent of open defecation and solid waste management practices in these cities.
All the 476 Class-1 cities in 31 states and union territories, each with a population of above one lakh were surveyed for assessing total sanitation practices covering a set of parameters including the extent of open defecation, solid waste management, waste water treatment, drinking water quality, surface water quality of water bodies and mortality due to water borne diseases.
West Bengal does well with 25 cities and towns from the state finding a place in the top 100 cities.
As many as 39 cities from the southern states are among the top 100 followed by 27 from the east, 15 from the west, 12 from the north and 7 from the north eastern states.
Among 27 capital cities surveyed, 15 figured among the top 100 performers while five were ranked beyond 300. Bengaluru leads the list of capitals at 7th rank while Patna came at the bottom at 429.
Among the bottom 100 cities, 74 are from the North, 21 from the East, 3 from the West and 2 from the South.
Damoh (Madhya Pradesh) came at the bottom of 476, preceded by Bhind (MP), Palwal and Bhiwani, both in Haryana, Chittaurgarh (Rajasthan), Bulandshahar (UP), Neemuch (MP), Rewari(Haryana), Hindaun (Rajasthan) and Sambalpur in Odisha at 467th rank.
The survey conducted during 2014-15 was commissioned by the Ministry of Urban Development as required under the National Sanitation Policy of 2008.
Since the Swachh Bharat Mission is being implemented in urban areas with focus on construction of individual household, community and public toilets to eradicate open defecation and ensure door-to-door collection and disposal of municipal solid waste, all the 476 Class-1 cities have been ranked based on the data pertaining to these elements from out of the date generated in the survey.
Over all sanitation rankings of these cities based on a total of 100 marks assigned to different parameters covering all aspects would be announced later. The Swachh Bharat rankings are based on a total of 42 marks including 20 for open defecation indicators and 22 for solid waste management indicators.
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