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Guwahati shines in Swachh survey, other NE cities lag
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Guwahati: Northeast's biggest city, Guwahati, shines at the 44th national rank in the 3-10 lakh population category, a significant leap from 402nd rank last year, in the Swachh Survekshan 2024-25 rankings announced by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs on Thursday.
Besides Guwahati, all the other cities across the northeastern states lag behind in the assessment. However, six cities — North Lakhimpur in Assam, Jiribam in Manipur, Shillong in Meghalaya, Lunglei in Mizoram, Jalukie in Nagaland, and Khowai in Tripura — emerged as promising "Swachh Shehar". These six cities, along with Guwahati, have won the "Promising Swachh Shehar of the State" award.
Six urban local bodies (ULBs) of Assam — North Lakhimpur, Kokrajhar, Tinsukia, Bilasipara, Makum, and Mariani — received 'ODF++' (Open Defecation Free) certification, Agartala in Tripura and Jiribam in Manipur also received the certification.
No ULB of Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram, or Meghalaya received the certification. The certification signifies a significant advancement in sanitation beyond simply being free from open defecation.
It means an area not only achieves ODF status (no open defecation) and ODF+ status (functional and well-maintained public and community toilets, along with solid and liquid waste management) but also ensures safe management and treatment of faecal sludge and sewage.
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Guwahati, Nagaon, Silchar, and Dibrugarh in Assam received a one-star rating in the 'Garbage Free City' category, while a one-star rating was awarded to Imphal and a three-star rating to Jiribam in Manipur, and a one-star rating to Panisagar in Tripura.
No cities from Nagaland, Arunachal, and Meghalaya received any rating in the Garbage Free City category.
In the northeast, Assam topped the list as far as the "door-to-door" garbage collection is concerned, as 57% of garbage is collected from door to door across the 96 ULBs.
Assam is followed by Tripura with 55% across 20 ULBs. However, the scenario is not encouraging in Arunachal, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, and Nagaland.
Except Assam and Manipur, the treatment of the collected garbage in all the northeastern states is very poor. In a few states, no treatment of garbage is done at all, the Swachh Survekshan report revealed.
