Swachh Survekshan: Team MCC confident of regaining slot in top 10 list

Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and other authorities are leaving no stone unturned in their efforts to restore Mysuru’s standing as one of the cleanest cities in the country in the Swachh Survekshan Survey for 2025, as part of the Swachh Bharat Mission.

Mysuru slipped to 27th place last year.

This time of the year (February-March), is when the Swachh Survekshan team will be visiting the Heritage City for the field assessment phase of the 9th edition of the survey. This is an annual survey of cleanliness, hygiene and sanitation, conducted by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MOHUA).

Accordingly, a team of Swachh Bharat survey from the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs is likely to visit Mysuru on Tuesday. They will assess the cleanliness of the city, which is for 9,000 marks. The total survey is conducted for 12,500 marks. Two more teams will be coming later in the month, they will survey 35-hour garbage ranking and 35-hour toilet usage, according to the MCC officer.

The (MCC) has identified the reasons that led to its slide to the 27th position last year. Incidentally, Mysuru used to figure among the five cleanest cities in the country and had twice bagged the cleanest city tag in the past.

Meeting with

stakeholders

Speaking to DH, MCC Environmental Engineer K S Mruthyunjaya, who is also the nodal officer for implementing Swachh Bharat mission said, “The MCC has conducted a meeting of all stakeholders, hotel owners, educational institutions and others and sought their opinions and suggestions.”

A meeting of the ex-mayors was held recently and their suggestions were sought. Improvements have been done on the perspective of the project. Mysuru city used to lose in legacy waste management and overall ranking. Clearing of the legacy waste has been started, focus is also on the dry waste. Information, Education and Communication programmes held. The processing of wet waste, which was earlier at only one place, has now been started in many places. Priority is for cleanliness and hygiene at public and community toilets.

Swachhata Ambassadors

The authorities have also identified Swachhata Ambassadors. Social media influencer Dharmendra will be sending bytes to be used for publicity. Road medians have been improved and parks developed.

All efforts are being taken to ensure that Mysuru features in the top 10 list. MCC Commissioner Sheikh Tanveer Asif has taken all initiatives. He has deployed a zonal officer for each zone and also an engineer for each ward. Night sweeping, day cleaning and others have taken up. He is on city rounds at 6 am.

Deputy Commissioner G Lakshmikanth Reddy and MCC Commissioner held a meeting with all government officers recently. They have told them to set a model to the citizens by keeping the premises clean and the waste should be scientifically handled.

“We have also reached out to the neighboring Urban Local Bodies, including Srirampura, Bogadi, Hootagalli, Siddalingapura, and Kadakola, as dumping debris and waste along the Outer Ring Road would undermine our objective,” he added.