GHMC chief receives Swachhata Award

Hyderabad: M Dana Kishore, Commissioner of GHMC, received Swachhata Excellence Award for the corporation in New Delhi on Friday. Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has stood first under the cities with population over one million category in Swachhata Excellence Award instituted by the Government of India for engaging community-based organisations (SHGs) and informal waste pickers in sanitation and solid waste management.

The growing sanitation sector offers growing livelihoods opportunities for community based organisations (CBOs). Many urban local bodies (ULBs) are making noteworthy efforts to engage CBOs in sanitation and solid waste management-related works, leading to a sustainable income and dignified source of livelihoods for them. 

Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) Swachhata Excellence Awards have been instituted by MoHUA to recognise the Area Level Federations (ALFs), City Level Federations (CLFs) and  Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) working towards achieving sanitation outcomes with their communities and promoting dignified livelihoods in the sanitation sector.