Hotels, schools, hospitals, rail and bus stations to be covered

A five-member team from Swachh Bharat Mission, New Delhi, began its survey of the city as a part of Swachh Survekshan-2018 on Thursday.

Scaling up the survey purview, in the current year 4041 cities are being covered. The team verifies the documentation done by GVMC as well taking up a physical survey of the cleanliness of the city, according to officials.

Besides the cleanliness measures being implemented, it visits hotels, schools, hospitals, the Railway Station and the RTC Complex.

Apart from the thrust on sanitation and segregating dry and wet waste at the doorstep of residents, construction of public and community toilets, providing ramps for use by older persons and differently-abled and tablets to rank them, are among the measures being implemented by GVMC to further improve cleanliness and sanitation.

Funds utilisation

Besides, utilising the funds of Swachh Bharat Mission and Swachh Andhra Corporation, 20 big and 50 mini compactors, 800 compactor bins and sweeping machines and mini sweeping machines acquired at a cost of ₹ 60 crore are pressed into service to further improve cleanliness and solid waste management, according to Municipal Commissioner M. Hari Narayanan.

A total of 43 aspects were being implemented, he said hoping for better ranking.

Having secured fifth rank in 2016 and bettered it to third in 2017, expectations are high now.