Noida Improves Cleanliness; Gets 3-Star Rating

In the central government’s ranking for garbage-free cities (GFC), Noida in the state of Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh has moved up to a three-star rating. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has recently upgraded the rating for Noida other than Visakhapatnam, Pune, Ballarpur, Vadodara, Ahmednagar, and Gwalior from one-star rating previously. The star rating system has been designed in a way to help cities across the nation assess their cleanliness progress, and also to encourage them to move towards a better rating by improving their aesthetics and cleanliness. For GFC ratings, the mandatory parameters include door-to-door collection of garbage as well as their segregation at source besides sweeping at public, residential and commercial areas. MoHUA Secretary D S Mishra congratulated Noida for the efforts of citizens, city managers as well as political executives in managing the remediation of landfills, construction and demolition wastes, and all other aspects of solid waste management and open-defecation free management.