Swachh Surekshan 2023: NE capital cities rank poor in terms of cleanliness
First Published: 13th January, 2024 21:36 IST
Swachh Survekshan, is the world’s largest urban sanitation and cleanliness survey
Known for its pristine natural beauty and often a hotspot for tourists, the Northeast certainly should have certainly fared well than other states in the Swachh Survekshan Awards 2023, but it is a sort of big disappointment as far as maintaining cleanliness parameters is concerned.
Not a single capital city of the 8 Northeast states could even make it to the top 100.
Assam capital city Guwahati with a national ranking of 402 scored too low in different aspects as door to door collection of waste could not even cross the 50% mark. The figures for Guwahati are-
Guwahati: National Ranking-402
Door to door collection of waste 46%
Source segregation-3%
17% cleanliness of residential areas
17% cleanliness of market areas
15 % cleanliness of public toilets

Arunachal Pradesh capital city Itanagar was ranked 431. The door to door collection of waste was recorded at 68%, whereas the source segregation was 1%.
There was 79% cleanliness of residential areas, 79% cleanliness of market areas and 25 % cleanliness of public toilets

Manipur capital Imphal stood at 355 in the national ranking where door to door collection of waste was 0%. But the source segregation was 46%. There was 4% cleanliness of residential areas, 1% cleanliness of market areas and 33% cleanliness of public toilets

Meghalaya capital Shillong ranked at 436. The door to door collection of waste was 26%, whereas the source segregation was 2%. The other figures are-
54% cleanliness of residential areas
53% cleanliness of market areas
33% cleanliness of public toilets

Mizoram capital Aizawl was ranked 387.
Door to door collection of waste 6%
Source segregation-1%
45% cleanliness of residential areas
44% cleanliness of market areas
83% cleanliness of public toilets

Nagaland capital Kohima stood at 387 in the national ranking. The door to door collection of waste was 6% and source segregation-17%. There was 88% cleanliness of residential areas, 86% cleanliness of market areas and 25% cleanliness of public toilets.

The capital city of Sikkim, Gangtok was ranked 386.
Door to door collection of waste 46%
Source segregation-1%
91% cleanliness of residential areas
91% cleanliness of market areas
50% cleanliness of public toilets

Tripura capital Agartala was ranked 400. The door to door collection of waste was 31% whereas the source segregation was recorded to be 0%. There was 51% cleanliness of residential areas, 51% cleanliness of market areas and 40% cleanliness of public toilets.

In terms of states the rankings are-
11-Sikkim-2069.96
17- Manipur- 1663.81
20- Assam- 1515.87
21- Meghalaya-1364.29
23- Tripura- 1236.40
24- Nagaland- 1232.69
26- Mizoram- 1105.92
27- Arunachal Pradesh- 1073.75
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