MCD continues to show lacklustre results in Swachhta Survekshan 2024-25
Municipal Corporation of Delhi
continued to show lacklustre results in the Swachhta Survekshan. In the assessment of cities with populations exceeding 10 lakh (or million-plus cities) for 2024-25, it placed 31st out of 44.
This follows the 2023-24 performance in which Delhi ranked 90th among 446 cities in the category of urban areas with populations above one lakh. MCD had aspired to rank in the top 10 in this category in 2024-25, but fell far short.
Mayor Raja Iqbal Singh argued that until last year, the Aam Aadmi Party was at the helm in MCD and no progress was reported in various sanitation projects pending for two and a half years. "Not just this, due to the non-formation of the standing committee and other statutory panels, important projects related to the clearing of garbage and the establishment of processing facilities couldn't be executed," said Singh.
"Now that BJP has assumed power, all these pending projects are seeing progress. So, we expect to be among the top 10 civic bodies in urban areas with population of over one lakh next year."
This year's Swachh Survekshan theme was reduce, reuse and recycle. The sanitation indicators emphasised 10 parameters for judging the performance of a city. These were visible cleanliness (1,500 marks or 15%); segregation, collection and transportation of waste (1,000 marks); solid waste management (1,500); access to sanitation (1,000); used water management (1,000); mechanisation of desludging services (500); advocacy for swachhta (1,500); ecosystem strengthening and institutional parameters (1,000); overall welfare of sanitation workers (500); and citizen feedback and grievance redressal (500 marks).
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Additionally, a total of 2,500 marks were allocated for being an open defecation-free (1,200 marks) and garbage-free city (1,300 marks). MCD scored 7,920 out of 12,500 points in the assessment. In 2023, it had secured 6,115 points out of 9,500 to be placed at the 90th spot among 446 cities in the category of urban areas with populations above one lakh.
While MCD managed to get 100% numbers for door-to-door collection of waste in its areas, it got only 56% for waste segregation, which means the process still hasn't gained traction in the capital.
As for waste generation and management, Delhi processes only 51% of the total waste collected, with 56% remediation of waste done at the dumpsites, according to the Survekshan results.
Regarding cleanliness and sanitation arrangements, the survey evaluated 93% of MCD areas as dedicatedly cleaned. It noted 100% cleanliness in market areas, 27% cleanliness in waterbodies and found 63% cleanliness maintained at public toilets.
BS Vohra, president, East Delhi RWAs Joint Front, alleged that MCD was unable to meet the expectations of residents when it came to public sanitation. "There is literally no progress on cleanliness, landfills, decentralised processing, even door-to-door waste collection," he said. "MCD will be able to perform well only when its basic tasks are performed diligently, such as lifting garbage, keeping public toilets clean, and engaging enough tipper vehicles to keep spaces clean.
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Other citizens said the toilets were not maintained properly after they were transferred on a build-operate-transfer basis. "Neighbouring cities such as Meerut (rank 19) and Ghaziabad (11) managed to perform better than the capital," a resident noted.
The sanitation survey was initiated in 2016 to evaluate and encourage urban sanitation improvements. After nine years, the Swachh Survekshan evaluated all cities under the Swachh Bharat Mission Urban.
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