As per the report released based on the nationwide cleanliness survey by the union housing and urban affairs ministry, nineteen out of the 25 dirtiest cities in India are from West Bengal. West Bengal is among the bottom four dirtiest states in the country. It is followed by Nagaland, Puducherry and Tripura.
On Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi released this report in Indore. Cities were ranked on the basis of their performance in six parameters including collection and transportation of municipal solid waste, their processing and disposal, sanitation-related progress, innovation and best practices adopted by cities. The PM also gave away the award to the cleanest states and cities at a function.
As per the urban affairs ministry official, over 2700 assessors from Karvy Data management services Limited visited the 4203 Urban Local Bodies as part of the survey, which was completed in 66 days.
On the other hand, the response of authorities was really shocking. West Bengal principal secretary, Subrata Gupta said, “I am not aware of any such survey. I have not seen the report and won’t be able to comment on it. The state, however, runs its own cleanliness program called Nirmal Bangla as part of which we rank our cities.”

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