Noida: The city has moved up to a three-star rating in a central government's ranking for garbage-free cities (GFC), said officials on Thursday.
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has upgraded the rating for Noida besides Visakhapatnam, Vadodara, Ahmednagar, Pune, Ballarpur and Gwalior from one-star previously.
The star rating of garbage-free cities, a MoHUA initiative, envisions to enable cities to gradually evolve into a model, seven-star city, with progressive improvements in their overall cleanliness.
The star rating is based on 25 key parameters of solid waste management and has been designed to help cities assess their progress, encouraging them to move towards a better rating and improving their overall cleanliness and aesthetics.
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“My heartiest congratulations to Visakhapatnam, Vadodara, Ahmednagar, Pune, Ballarpur, Noida, Gwalior, which have been upgraded in review as three-star Garbage Free Cities. Their representations on recent certification have been scrutinised by a third party and were found fit for a higher rating,” MoHUA Secretary D S Mishra tweeted.
He also applauded the efforts of citizens, city managers and political executives in managing the construction and demolition wastes, remediation of landfills and other aspects of solid waste and ODF (open-defecation free) management in another tweet.
"This will ensure Sampurna Swachhata (total cleanliness), improved quality of life and ease in living,” he said.
Noida Authority's CEO Ritu Maheshwari also thanked the government for certifying Noida as a three-star GFC.
“My hearty congratulations to the entire NOIDA team, leading and contributing to this sanitation transformation of Noida. We will continue to work towards a clean Noida,” she said.
