The Hindu Business Line : Chandigarh is cleanest city, Chennai second: Survey

Bangalore April 8 It could surprise many but what came out from a survey could give some reassurance to Bangaloreans that their city is not all that bad in terms of cleanliness. The city slotted fourth among 18 State capitals surveyed by independent agencies has logged a score of 108 as against the all-city average of 100. The areas where the IT capital had fared well are with regard to clean roads, efficient garbage disposal system and greenery, and plantations.

Chandigarh emerged the clear winner with a score of 144 followed by Chennai and Kolkata with 118 and 108, respectively. Kolkata has scored high on greenery and plantation, clean roads and garbage disposal system. The only other cities to log above 100 points are Thirivananthapuram, Bhuvaneshwar and Lucknow.

The rest of the cities, including the national capital (Delhi) and Mumbai apart from Hyderabad, Dehradun, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Guwahati, Bhopal, Patna, Raipur and Ranchi had below par cleanliness scoring 99 to 76.

Commissioned by Lifebuoy, the survey was conducted by A.C. Nielsen ORG MARG taking into account the opinion of citizens on cleanliness in their cities. In its endeavour to enhance awareness about health, hygiene and cleanliness in India, Lifebuoy initiated the `Lifebuoy Swasthya Chetna City Meter'. The survey is based on 4,900 respondents nationally, at an average of almost 300 per city.

According to A.C. Nielsen, the survey was based on 11 cleanliness parameters — roads, involvement of municipal bodies, and garbage disposal systems, to name some of the top five. Then the Cleanliness Index was derived, where the all-city-average was set at 100.

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