This story is from January 10, 2020

Lucknow Municipal Corporation scores poorly in garbage management: Survey

The performance of Lucknow Municipal Corporation in garbage disposal for the April-September period has been poor, an assessment report by the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) survey showed.
Lucknow Municipal Corporation scores poorly in garbage management: Survey
Lucknow Municipal Corporation
LUCKNOW: The performance of Lucknow Municipal Corporation in garbage disposal for the April-September period has been poor, an assessment report by the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) survey showed.
The assessments of two quarters—April-June and July-September—were added for a final result. While Lucknow overall got an encouraging 16th rank out of a total of 425 cities, it scored poorly in several aspects.
The survey was conducted by a body hired by the ministry of housing and urban affairs (MOHUA). The city’s total score was 1,389.5 (75%) out of 1,836.5. However, LMC scored 156 (42%) marks out of 365 in garbage management. The score is significant because annual swachh survey begins on January 20.
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As per MOHUA data, LMC got 42 out of 100 marks in door to door garbage collection. This means that over 2.7L city households (45%) are still not covered under daily garbage collection. LMC has performed miserably with 18 out of 50 in sweeping and garbage management of markets and commercial places. In segregation of dry and wet waste, Lucknow scored 43 out of 125.
In the ‘reduce, reuse and recycle’ category, city has got 18 out of 50. Only encouraging performance was in category ‘garbage collection from open spaces’, where city got 35 out of 40.
Under plastic ban, the city got 13 marks out of 30. LMC has scored well for coverage of sewage system with 80/80 marks, ample sewage treatment plants with 50/50 and open defecation-free status with 40/40.
Official in charge of SBM 2020 Arvind Rao said, “We are focusing on parameters where we have scored low. Improvements have been made and we are expecting good results.”
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