Chandigarh, March 16:- Ahead of Swachh Survekshan, Sh. Amit Kumar, IAS, Commissioner, MC, Chandigarh appealed the citizens of city beautiful to join hands with MCC in citizen feedback, which is a major component during direct observation of Survekshan, which is likely to begin in next few days under the Swachh Bharat Mission Urban 2.0.

The Commissioner appealed to the residents to actively participate in the survey and share their feedback on cleanliness of their surroundings. He also exhorted people to submit feedback on a link provided by the Ministry. “The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India, has provided an online link for submitting feedback at http://sbmurban.org/feedback. Anyone can submit their feedback,” said the Commissioner.

This year's Swachh Survekshan is covering various parameters such as cleanliness, beautification, garbage-free city star rating, open defecation-free status, and water plus category. The Commissioner emphasized that citizen participation and feedback would play a crucial role in determining the rankings.

Explaining about the process of submitting the feedback, the Commissioner said for submitting the feedback, a citizen has to visit the Swachh Bharat Mission Urban portal or click on “sbmurban.org/feedback”, thereafter enter the mobile number and click ‘proceed’. After selecting language, citizens could start the survey giving answers to 10 questions related to cleanliness and waste management in their areas. These questions were related to collection of garbage, rating of cleanliness, garbage dumps, segregation of waste at source, garbage collection vehicles pick up waste separately or mix it together and others. After completing the survey, citizens have to enter the OTP received on the mobile and click ‘submit’ to finalize the feedback.

He appealed to all residents to actively participate and ensure Chandigarh remains at the top in Swachh Survekshan rankings. Public participation is the key to success of cleanliness initiatives and encourages citizens to provide their valuable feedback,” said the Commissioner.