Mayor honours change leaders at the “Swachh Award’ ceremony

Chandigarh, December 13:-* . Sarbjit Kaur, while honouring the ‘Change leaders’ during Swachh Award ceremony at the Open Air Theater, Sector 48, Chandigarh said that this year, the Swachh Survekshan has been redesigned innovatively, to ensure that the process becomes more robust, with focus on sustaining the behavior change and role of local change leaders.

 

Anindita Mitra, IAS, Commissioner,  Rajinder Sharma, Area Councillor,  Kanhayia Mittal, Brand Ambassador, SBM, Chandigarh, other councilors, officers of MCC and the awardees from different categories of awards and competitions were present during the occasion.

While addressing the awardees, the Mayor also touched upon how Swachh Survekshan has become a tool for citizen engagement in the spirit of a true ‘Jan Andolan’. She said that this year, the focus on citizen participation has been moved a notch higher by introducing indicators that encourage innovations led by citizens, start-ups, entrepreneurs and Swachhata champions amongst others.

 

The Mayor said that the scope of the survey has now been expanded to cover 100% wards for sampling, as compared to 40% in previous years. In order to seamlessly carry out this ambitious exercise, SS 2023 will see more than twice the number of assessors deployed last year for the on-field assessment. She said that moving towards the Hon’ble Prime Minister’s vision of a Digital India, the upcoming edition of Survekshan shall usher in improved technological interventions such as digital tracking of documents, geo-tagging of sanitation and waste management of facilities for better efficiency, and QR code-based citizens’ feedback for increased people outreach. Through these multi-faceted initiatives, the SS 2023 framework will propel the Mission towards a circular economy approach through optimum resource recovery.

 

She further said that Swachh Bharat Mission is an important and transformative programme which has achieved success due to involvement of all stakeholders at the grassroot level. The Hon’ble Prime Minister is the catalyst for converting the vision of the Mahatma Gandhi into reality by leading from front and converting it into a peoples’ movement. The road to this success was not easy but today we have not only achieved Water ++ but also succeeded in improved Solid Waste Management which led Chandigarh to achieve 12th rank during survekshan 2022 from 66 in 2021. Thousands of citizens are getting associated with movement and is gaining strength.

 

Earlier, Ms. Anindita Mitra, IAS, Commissioner, MCC welcomed the chief guest and all the awardees. She said that the campaign has been designed with ‘People First’ as its driving philosophy. Swachh Survekshan 2023 has been curated towards capturing the initiatives of cities for the overall welfare and well-being of frontline sanitation workers. The survey, flavoured with the Azaadi@75 spirit, will also give priority to the voices of senior citizens and young adults alike and reinforce their participation towards upholding the cleanliness of their city.

 

She further said that in order to recognize and honour the contributions made towards not only maintaining swachhata in and around their surroundings but also strengthening the MCC for achieving the goal.

 

The Mayor, Commissioner and others honoured the following awardees:-

 

*Radio Jingle Competition* (Ishmeet Kaur 1st, Vihaan Gupta 2nd, Dharam Singh 3rd Prize)

 

*Movie Competition* (Rubi Sharma 1st, Samvaad Theatre Group 2nd, Aman Sharma 3rd Prize)

 

*Poster/Drawing Competition* (Angel Sharma 1st Prize, Vinamr Kapoor 2nd, Manav Siwach 3rd Prize)

 

*Murals Competition* (Manju 1st Prize, Taranpreet Kaur 2nd, Ishnin Sagoo 3rd Prize)

 

*Street Play Competition* (Paigam Theatre Group 1st, Mount Carmel School, Chd. 2nd, Natya Manch, PEC, Chandigarh 3rd, Pooja, Aashima Jindal & Amanpreet Kaur Consolation Prize

 

*Innovation & Best Practices By ULB*

 

*Swachh Technology Challenge* (Dr. Gaurav Sapra, Professor, PU. 1st Prize,  Ashok Kumar Arora, Startup 2nd Prize & Ms. Monica Chawla, Principle, St. Joseph School 3rd Prize)

 

*Swachh Ward Ranking:*

 

*Swachh Ward:* 1st Ward No. 23, 2nd Ward No. 10, 3rd Ward No. 02

 

*Swachh Hospital:* 1st Pgimer, Sector 12, 2nd Civil Hospital Sector 45, 3rd Civil Hospital, Sector 22, Chandigarh.

 

*Swachh Hotels:* 1st J.W. Marriot, 2nd Hotel Mountview Sector 10, 3rd Lemon Tree Hotel

 

*Swachh Park:* 1st Gulmohar Garden, 2nd Pink Cassia, 3rd Japanese Garden

 

*Swachh Government Office:* 1st Municipal Corporation Chandigarh, 2nd TC Central State Library, Sector 17, 3rd Indian Council for Child Welfare

 

*Swachh RWA:* 1st Welfare Committee Ward 10, 2nd Resident Welfare Association Sector 19 A (Ward 11) and Residents Welfare Society Ward 10, 3rd Resident Welfare Association, Sector 28-A (Ward No. 10).

 

*Swachh MWA:* 1st Chandigarh Traders Association Sector 17 (Ward 12), 2nd Market Association Sector 36-D, main market (Ward 24) and Traders Market Welfare Association (Ward 25), 3rd Market Welfare Association, Sector 15 (Ward 12).

 

*Swachh Schools:* 1st St. Peters Sen Sec School, Sector 37-B, Chandigarh, 2nd  Aurbindo School of integral education, 3rd Joseph’s Senior Secondary School.

 

*Swachh College:* 1st PGGCG Sector 11, 2nd PGGC 11, 3rd Mehar Chand Mahajan DAV College for Women Sector 36.

 

*Brand Ambassador* ( Kanhiya Mittal, Mx. Kajal Mangalmukhi,  Aryan Madhu and Kale Ram)

 

*Swachh Champions:*

 

*Self Help Group:* Rani Laxmi Bai (Self Help Group), Rakshak (Self Help Group), Ruhan (Self Help Group) & Sabra (Self Help Group).

 

*NGO:-* Green Dream Foundation (NGO)

 

*MWA:-* Vujay Pal Sangwan & Sh. Balwinder Singh

 

*Citizens:-*  Indu Aggarwal,  Satwant Kaur,  Upinder Singh Bhandair,  Supriya Goel,  Rakesh Kumar, . Mitika Gupta,  Sunita Singla,  Puja Ghai, Col. Dutt,  Dripti Kulkarni, C.L. Sharma,  Swarn Kaur,  Rupam Sandhu, Jaskiran Kaur,  Surinder Sharma and  Ramesh

 

*CSR:-* Satnam Singh Sandhu

 

*Best Door to Door Waste Collectors:-*  Paras Ram,  Sombir, Kiran Pal, Sonu,  Bhajan Lal, Rajni &  Santosh

 

*Best MRF Workers:-*  Santra Devi,  Reena &  Bimla

 

*Schools:-* Govt. School Dhanas, Govt. School Sector 37, Chitkara International School, DPS Sector 40, KB DAV School, Sector 7 and St. John High School, Sector 26, Chandigarh

 

*Market:-* Sadar Bazar, Sector 19 & Market Association, Kiran Theater Block Sector 22

 

*Individual:-* Vishwaditty Kalia, Project Director Mission Waste to Wealth under Plastic & E-waste management, Rohit Kumar, Chairman, Swarmani Youth Welfare Association, Chandigarh, Aslam and  Vipin Kumar