This time the city scored 3721.83 out of 6,000 in the survey conducted across 48 cities on various parameters including feedback from citizens.
The cities of Pimpri-Chinchwad and Aurangabad improved their ranking and secured 19th and 22nd position respectively. Nagpur was ahead of them in last year’s survey.
In the category of cities having population of 1 lakh to 10 lakh, Chandrapur city stood 11th by scoring 4700.80 marks. Wardha city ranked 52nd with a score of 3782.24, while Amaravati secured the 54th position in the same category with a score of 3782.24.
In the 10-40 lakh population category, Nagpur scored 1,865.91 (out of 2,400) in service level progress, 500 and 1355.91 (maximum 700 marks) in open defecation and citizen voice (1,800 maximum marks).
NMC had scored zero in the Garbage Free City (GFC) rankings released earlier this year, affecting the overall rankings. In 2020 also the city had secured the same marks in the GFC category.
Due to poor performance in the GFC rankings, the city only scored 500 out of 1,500 in the certification category. 500 marks awarded on account of ODF++ certification.
Green Vigil activist and former NMC ambassador Clean India Mission, folder chatter Said: “Once again we failed the certification. Amazingly, last year we had scored 500 out of 1,500 and maintained the same score out of 1800 this year too. It clearly shows that we wanted to. failed in its attempts to obtain certification.”
TOI has been reporting about poor sanitation management by NMC. Despite giving more money to two private agencies – AG Enviro and BVG India – door-to-door garbage collection has not improved. Indeed, forcing the mayor, it got worse. Dayashankar Tiwari To constitute an inquiry committee headed by the leader of the ruling party and senior BJP councilor Avinash Thakre,
Chatterjee said, “Without a solid waste treatment plant, we would never be able to reach the first 10 as about 40% of the total marks are allocated for solid waste collection, transportation and treatment. We would not score even under GFC. By appointing two new agencies with new infrastructure, the garbage collection is not up to the mark.”
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