<p>Six cities including Mysuru have bagged five star rating in the garbage-free cities survey in the country. </p>.<p>Ambikapur from Chhattisgarh, Rajkot, Surat from Gujarat, Indore from Madhya Pradesh and Navi Mumbai from Maharashtra are the other cities.</p>.<p>Announcing the results of national level star rating of garbage free cities survey, Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep K Puri told mediapersons that “six cities were rated 5 star, 65 cities 3 star and 70 cities 1 star. The assessment was made for the year 2019-2020, taking into account effective handling of solid waste management.</p>.<p>Except Mysuru, none other cities from Karnataka were able to bag star rating. Maharashtra, apart from securing five star for Navi Mumbai, also bagged highest number of 3 star ratings for 34 cities and single star rating for 41 urban local bodies, highlighting the state’s progress in managing garbage.</p>.<p>The Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry launched the star rating protocol in January 2018, aimed at institutionalising a mechanism for cities to achieve garbage free status and to motivate them to achieve higher degree of cleanliness.</p>.<p>The rating was given to cities based on their effective steps in solid waste management which includes cleanliness of drains & water bodies, plastic waste management, managing construction & demolition waste, door to door collection, segregation of garbage, collection of user fee and scientific landfills, said Housing and Urban Affairs Secretary Durga<br />Shankar Mishra. </p>.<p>A total 1,435 cities applied for star rating. Feedback from 1.19 crore citizens and over 10 lakh geo-tagged pictures were collected and 5175 solid waste processing plants were visited by 1210 field assessors, he said.</p>
<p>Six cities including Mysuru have bagged five star rating in the garbage-free cities survey in the country. </p>.<p>Ambikapur from Chhattisgarh, Rajkot, Surat from Gujarat, Indore from Madhya Pradesh and Navi Mumbai from Maharashtra are the other cities.</p>.<p>Announcing the results of national level star rating of garbage free cities survey, Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep K Puri told mediapersons that “six cities were rated 5 star, 65 cities 3 star and 70 cities 1 star. The assessment was made for the year 2019-2020, taking into account effective handling of solid waste management.</p>.<p>Except Mysuru, none other cities from Karnataka were able to bag star rating. Maharashtra, apart from securing five star for Navi Mumbai, also bagged highest number of 3 star ratings for 34 cities and single star rating for 41 urban local bodies, highlighting the state’s progress in managing garbage.</p>.<p>The Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry launched the star rating protocol in January 2018, aimed at institutionalising a mechanism for cities to achieve garbage free status and to motivate them to achieve higher degree of cleanliness.</p>.<p>The rating was given to cities based on their effective steps in solid waste management which includes cleanliness of drains & water bodies, plastic waste management, managing construction & demolition waste, door to door collection, segregation of garbage, collection of user fee and scientific landfills, said Housing and Urban Affairs Secretary Durga<br />Shankar Mishra. </p>.<p>A total 1,435 cities applied for star rating. Feedback from 1.19 crore citizens and over 10 lakh geo-tagged pictures were collected and 5175 solid waste processing plants were visited by 1210 field assessors, he said.</p>
