New Delhi, Jul 3 (UNI) Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday announced a new category of awards titled 'Prerak Dauur Samman,' as part of Swachh Survekshan, 2021.
The 'Prerak Dauur Samman' has a total of five additional sub-categories - Divya (Platinum), Anupam (Gold), Ujjwal (Silver), Udit (Bronze), Aarohi (Aspiring) - with top three cities being recognised in each.
In a departure from the present criteria of evaluating cities on 'population category,' this new category will categorise cities on the basis of six select indicatorwise performance criteria, which include Segregation of waste into Wet, Dry and Hazard categories, Processing capacity against wet waste generated, Processing and recycling of wet and dry waste, Construction & Demolition (C&D) waste processing, Percentage of waste going to landfills and Sanitation status of cities.