February will be Observed as 'Swachhta Sankalp Mah'

Why in News?

=> Madhya Pradesh's Urban Development and Housing Minister Bhupendra Singh said that February-2022 would be celebrated as 'Swachhta Sankalp Mah' as per the instructions of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. 'Swachhta Sankalp Mah' will be organized from February 1 to 28.

Key Points:

=> The objective of 'Swachhta Sankalp Mah' is to bring the state to the highest position in the country by completing the preparation of Swachh Survekshan-2022.

=> Minister Bhupendra Singh said that the Chief Minister has instructed every body to get ODF certification in Swachh Survekshan-2022, 5-star for municipal corporations in star rating of garbage-free city and minimum 3-star for other urban bodies. Along with this, instructions have also been given to all the bodies to get at least gold/silver in the motivational race category of Swachh Survekshan.

=> District collectors are also to be rewarded in Swachh Survekshan-2022. To make the Swachh Survekshan Abhiyan more effective, 'Swachh Pratishthan' survey has also been started in all the urban bodies from 26 January.

=> In the calendar released for 'Swachhta Sankalp Month-2022', theme star rating from February 1 to 5, ODF from February 6 to 10, Citizen Feedback and Engagement from February 11 to 15, all infrastructure construction activities organized from February 16 to 20 Will be done During this, the construction work of material recovery centers, composting units and community and public toilets of FSTP will be completed from February 16 to 20.

=> Dialogue, review and inauguration of infrastructure will be done by the Chief Minister from February 21 to 25, Swachh Survekshan from February 25 to 27 and closing activity on February 28.

=> On the concluding day, the team of urban bodies will tour the city with garbage collection vehicles. This day will be observed as Segregated Waste Collection Day. Along with this, the drivers and associates of garbage collection vehicles in the wards will be honored with shawls, shriphal.