Government of India has announced a new category of awards titled \u2018Prerak Dauur Samman\u2019 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 recognized in each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a departure from the present criteria of evaluating cities on \u2018population category\u2019, this new category will categorize cities on the basis of six select indicator wise performance criteria which are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Segregation of waste into Wet, Dry and Hazard categories<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Processing capacity against wet waste generated<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Processing and recycling of wet and dry waste<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Construction & Demolition (C&D) waste processing<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Percentage of waste going to landfills<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Sanitation status of cities<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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