PIB News Update:Prime Minister Narendra Modi will announce the results of Swachh Survekshan 2020 on Thursday. This is the fifth edition of the annual cleanliness survey of the country. A total of 129 awards will be handed over to the top performing cities and states in the programme titled “Swachh Mahotsav”.
The Prime Minister will also be interacting with select beneficiaries, swachhagrahis and SafaiKarmis under the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U) through video conference. He will launch the Swachh Survekshan 2020 results dashboard on the occasion.
Swachh Survekshan 2020 is the World’s largest cleanliness survey which ranked a total of 4,242 cities, 62 Cantonment Boards and 92 Ganga Towns and saw an unprecedented participation of 1.87 crore citizens. Swachh Survekshan 2020 was completed in 28 days.
Around 1.7 crore citizens registered on Swachhata App and over 11 crore impressions were registered on social media. Over 5.5 lakh sanitary workers were linked to social welfare schemes and over 84,000 informal waste pickers were integrated into the mainstream. Over 21,000 Garbage Vulnerable Points were identified and transformed.