Nagpur Ranks 27th Among Million-Plus 44 Cities In Swachh Survekshan 2024
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The ranking, while a step up from last year, highlights a concerning stagnation in the city's overall cleanliness performance and sanitation standards.
While Indore, Surat, Navi Mumbai, and Vijayawada secured top ranks under the Swachh Survekshan League (SSL) for consistent performance throughout the year, Nagpur finished well behind with a total score of 9,328 out of 12,500. The city scored 8,128 marks in the core Swachh Survekshan assessment (maximum 10,000) and 1,200 marks under the certification parameters such as Open Defecation Free (ODF) and Garbage Free City (GFC), which carry a combined maximum of 2,500 marks.
Nagpur continues to trail behind several peer cities at both national and state levels. Cities like Ahmedabad (ranked 1), Bhopal (2), Lucknow (3) and Raipur (4) outperformed Nagpur in key sanitation metrics. Within Maharashtra, Pimpri Chinchwad (7), Pune (8), Thane (15), Nashik (22), and Kalyan-Dombivli (24) all achieved higher ranks, indicating that Nagpur has more ground to cover to reclaim a leading position in urban sanitation.
Despite several initiatives taken by the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), the city once again failed to secure any star rating under the GFC category. This marks the second consecutive year without a GFC star, pointing to shortcomings in areas like citizen participation in waste segregation at source and door-to-door collection of waste.
Nagpur retained its Water+ certification under the ODF category, which is awarded for initiatives such as reuse of treated sewage and adequate coverage of public toilets.
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The NMC applied for the higher Water++ certification this year, but the city fell short of meeting the necessary benchmarks.
At the national level, Nagpur was ranked 27th out of 44 million-plus cities. Within Maharashtra, it stood below five other major municipal corporations, a disappointing position for a city often referred to as the state's second capital. In the Swachh Survekshan 2023, Nagpur was placed 86th among over 400 cities with a population above one lakh.
The NMC objected to this categorisation, insisting that Nagpur should have been evaluated in the million-plus category.
Despite having engaged two private agencies for door-to-door waste collection and deploying around 7,000 sanitary workers, NMC continues to face challenges in maintaining cleanliness across the city. Overflowing garbage bins, irregular collection, and lack of strict enforcement remain unresolved issues.
While earlier surveys acknowledged Nagpur's near-complete door-to-door collection coverage and high levels of source segregation, the city's failure to tackle problems like illegal dumping, incomplete waste processing, and poor monitoring has hurt its overall ranking.
Reacting to this year's ranking, additional municipal commissioner Vasumana Pant said the improvement from last year's 86th position was largely due to progress in processing infrastructure.
"We've made tremendous progress, especially in the processing of waste," she told TOI. She cited the operational scaling of the SusBDe plant, which is now processing nearly 800 metric tonnes of waste daily, as a key contributor.
Pant also pointed to the bio-mining of legacy waste, with nearly 6.5 lakh metric tonnes already processed. "Earlier, this was one of our weakest areas, but now it's turning into our strength," she added.
Pant also noted that the city now has a functional construction and demolition waste plant handling around 150 metric tonnes per day. "These processing units, developed over the past one to one-and-a-half years, have directly contributed to our rise in the national rankings," she said.
Kaustav Chatterjee, brand ambassador (Nagpur) for the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, said the city improved in terms of scoring percentage.
"Last year, Nagpur scored 6,164 out of 9,500, which is around 64.8%. This year, it scored 9,328 out of 12,500, pushing the score percentage up to 74.6," he said. However, he raised serious concerns about scoring inconsistencies. "Surprisingly, Nagpur received only 1% under source segregation and 30% under door-to-door collection, which is questionable given the city's actual performance.
The NMC should challenge such scores," he said.
Swachh Survekshan 2024 – Nagpur Overview
Rank: 27 (out of 44 million-plus cities)
Total Score: 9,328 / 12,500
Core Survey Score: 8,128 / 10,000
Certification Score: 1,200 / 2,500
ODF Status: Water+
GFC Rating: No Star
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