The President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu presided over the Swachh Bharat Diwas-2022 event of the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS), Ministry of Jal Shakti, to commemorate the birth anniversary of swachhata inspiration and Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi on October 2.
Key points
- Telangana won the first prize under the large states category under the Swachh Survekshan-Grameen (SSG) 2022 which looks into the sanitation status of rural areas. Haryana secured the second position while Tamil Nadu was third.
- Under Small States & UT category to A&N Islands, DNH D&D and Sikkim received the award in that order.
- Bhiwani (Haryana) received the award as overall Top Performing District. Smt. Murmu also gave the award to Burhanpur District, M.P for being the first ‘Har Ghar Jal’ certified district in the country, where all the villages through Gram Sabhas declared themselves as ‘Har Ghar Jal’.
- The awards were presented by President Droupadi Murmu.
- The Swachh Survekshan-Grameen (SSG)-2022 award by the jal shakti ministry ranks states and districts on the basis of their performance attained on key quantitative and qualitative Swachh Bharat Mission Gramin (SBM-G) parameters and engagement of the rural community in improvement of their sanitation status.
