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Swachh survey will be extended to 500 cities: Naidu

Centre is taking additional measures to "strengthen the country's journey" towards a "clean India" and the Swachh survey will be extended to 500 cities, Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu said today. "The government is taking additional policy and institutional measures which will strengthen the country's journey towards a Swachh India. The Swachh survey is going to be extended to 500 cities, which have population over one lakh," he said. The Union Urban Development Minister said this at an event here to felicitate leaders and officers of Alappuzha (Kerala), Panaji (Goa) and Mysuru (Karnataka) municipalities with Clean City Awards given by environmental NGO, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) following its survey. The Union Urban Development Minister said, "States, cities, panchayats should give awards so that it becomes a movement. We have the potential...It is the political will and administrative skill which is required." He claimed that parliamentarians keep asking him to ..

Centre to extend Swachh survey to 500 cities

Union Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday asserted that the Swachh survey will be extended to 500 cities having population of over one lakh.Felicitating leaders and officers of municipalities with Clean City Awards at a function here, Naidu said that the government is taking additional policy and institutional measures to strengthen the country's journey towards a Swachh India.He further said that states, cities, panchayats should give awards so that this survey turns into a movement.The minister also insisted that it is the political will and administrative skill, which is required for clean India.The first-ever cleanliness ranking of cities under Swachh Bharat Mission was released in February this year.Mysuru had emerged as the cleanest city among all million plus and capital cities while Dhanbad in Jharkhand has been ranked the worst.

Swachh Bharat Champions felicitated by Birender Singh

Swachh Bharat Champions felicitated by Birender Singh

Cabinet decisions: World Bank support okayed for Swachh Bharat

Other decisions include fertiliser subsidy rates, more for Bhutan hydro project

Cabinet clears $1.5-bn World Bank project for Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

The project will give funding to states based on various parameters