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Swachh Bharat mission: Mysuru cleanest city; Modi’s Varanasi among dirtiest

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February 15, 2016

New Delhi, Feb 15: For the second time in a row, Mysuru was today ranked cleanest city, followed by Chandigarh whereas Dhanbad and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's constituency, Varanasi, are among the 10 least clean cities in India, as per the first survey after the launch of 'Swachh Bharat' mission in 2014.mysore

The survey, which was released by Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu here, covered 73 cities including 51 cities with more than 10 lakh population on cleanliness and sanitation.

"Swachh Survekshan-2016 is primarily intended to measure the impact of the efforts under Swachh Bharat Mission launched after the survey of 2014," Naidu added.

While Mysuru has topped the list followed by Chandigarh, Tiruchirappalli and NDMC area of the national capital, Dhanbad in Jharkhand has been ranked the worst.The city of palaces was ranked first in the list of 476 cities last year.

Other cities which have found place in 10 cleanest category in the Survey, conducted by Quality Council of India, include Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), Surat (Gujarat), Rajkot (Gujarat), Gangtok (Sikkim), Pimpri-Chindwad (Maharashtra) and Greater Maharashtra.

The least clean cities included Dhanbad (Jharkhand), Asansol (West Bengal), Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh), Patna (Bihar), Meerut (Uttar Pradesh), Raipur (Chhattisgarh), Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh), Jamshedpur (Jharkhand), Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) and Kalyan Dombivili (Maharashtra).

Cities from South and West continue to do well overall but those in other parts of the country, particularly, in the North are beginning to catch up with the traditional leaders, Naidu said.

"The results of the survey were analysed to identify the top leaders, aspiring leaders, cities where accelerated efforts need to be made and the slow movers," he added.

Last cleanliness survey was conducted in 2014 among 476 cities with a population of one lakh and above and its results were announced last year. That survey was done before the launch of 'Swachh Bharat' mission'.

"This (ranking) is meant to help the cities know where they stand in absolute terms and in relation to others besides what more needs to be done by each city to ensure sanitation. In that sense, the survey is more holistic, participatory, purposeful and meaningful for future guidance and evolving course of action," the minister added.

Here is the list of 10 clean cities:
1. Mysuru (Karnataka)
2. Chandigarh
3. Tiruchiraplli (Tamil Nadu)
4. New Delhi
5. Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh)
6. Surat (Gujarat)
7. Rajkot (Gujarat)
8. Gangtok (Sikkim)
9. Pimpri Chinchwad (Maharashtra)
10. Greater Mumbai (Maharashtra)

Cities at the bottom of the list:
64. Kalyan Dombivili (Maharashtra)
65. Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)
66. Jamshedpur (Jharkhand)
67. Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh)
68. Raipur (Chhattisgarh)
69. Meerut (Uttar Pradesh)
70. Patna (Bihar)
71. Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh)
72. Asansol (West Bengal)
73. Dhanbad (Jharkhand)

Cities that have the potential to lead the pack:
Panaji (Goa, ranked 16)
Thane (Maharashtra, ranked 17)
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu,ranked 18)
Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh, ranked 19)
Nagpur (Maharashtra, ranked 20)
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh, ranked 21)
Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh, ranked 22)
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh, ranked 23)
Bhubaneswar (Odisha, ranked 24)
Indore (Madhya Pradesh, ranked 25)
Madurai (Tamil Nadu,ranked 26)
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh, ranked 27)
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh, ranked 28)
Jaipur (Rajasthan, ranked 29)
Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh, ranked 30)
Nashik (Maharashtra, ranked 31)
Warangal (Telengana, ranked 32)
Agartala (Tripura, ranked 33)
Ludhiana (Punjab, ranked 34)
Vasai-Virar (Maharashtra, ranked 35)

Cities that need acceleration:
Chennai (Tamil Nadu, ranked 36)
Gurgaon (Haryana, ranked 37)
Bengaluru (Karnataka, ranked 38)
South Muncipal Corporation of Delhi (New Delhi, ranked 39)
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala, ranked 40)
Aizawl (Mizoram, ranked 41)
Gandhinagar (Gujarat, ranked 42)
North MCD (New Delhi, ranked 43)
Kozhikode (Kerala, ranked 44)
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh, ranked 45)
Durg (Chhattisgarh, ranked 46)
Agra (Uttar Pradesh, ranked 47)
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir, ranked 48)
Amritsar (Punjab, ranked 49)
Guwahati (Assam, ranked 50)
Faridabad (Haryana, ranked 51)
East MCD (New Delhi, ranked 52)
Shillong (Meghalaya, ranked 53)

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Zeeshan
 - 
Tuesday, 16 Feb 2016

Mangalore not on Top 53, of the 73 recognized cities is hard to believe. regardless, need to take this survey in right spirit and every mangalorean need to contribute in their bit in not making the city any dirty. We helplessly trust that our Municipal and district administration shall feel the guilt of not making the city in good ranks and take measures to improve...We mangalorean City-Zens are proud of our city for its history & potential and should fight every evil trying to destroy its growth and prosperity.

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June 10,2020

Bengaluru, June 10: The Department of Primary and Secondary Education of Government of Karnataka today ordered a ban on online classes for children from KG to class 5.

The decision was taken following a report based on the report submitted by director NIMHANS, recommending online classes only above the age of 6 years and also following the complaints from several parents about online classes conducted by private schools even for kindergarten kids.

Briefing the media soon after the meeting with department officials, S Suresh Kumar, primary and secondary education minister said, "We have taken two major decisions today. The online classes for LKG, UKG and primary classes should be stopped immediately."

Even collecting fees in the name of online classes should be stopped, said the minister. "We have already issued a circular about it insisting that schools not collect fees in the name of online classes and also requesting schools not to increase fees for the 2020-21 academic year considering financial constraints of several people due to the COVID-19 pandemic," said the minister.

The department, however, also discussed how to engage children during this period as there was no clarity over the reopening of schools for the 2020-21 academic year. "We have constituted a committee to prepare guidelines on how to engage students and increase their knowledge. The committee is headed by Prof. MK Sridhar," he said.

Before taking this decision, the department had three rounds of discussions with various experts, including Prof. MK Sridhar, Prof. VP Niranjanaradhya, Dr John Vijay Sagar and other departments, including the home and health departments.

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May 21,2020

Mangaluru, May 21: The coastal district of Dakshina Kannada today recorded six fresh covid-19 positive cases. With this the total cases reported in the district so far rose to 61.

It is learnt that all the six new covid-19 patients are those who had returned to Mangaluru from Dubai on May 18. 

Al the six patients are male. Among them two people aged 44 years and three others aged 35, 42, 60 are residents of Dakshina Kannada. Another one is 29-year-old from Kalaburagi. 

They were under institutional quarantine after their return. After their throat swab tests confirmed the disease, they were shifted to covid-19 hospital in the city.

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April 14,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 14: Despite lockdown in the country to contain the spread of coronavirus, former chief minister of Karnataka and Janata Dal-Secular leader, HD Kumaraswamy has decided to go ahead with marriage of his son Nikhil.

"Marriage will be performed in closed doors among the family members, which may be around 50 people. Family members only will be present in the marriage and all the precautionary measures will be followed as per the guidelines given by the government," Kumaraswamy said.

Nikhil Kumaraswamy, who contested Lok Sabha election from Mandya, is also the national youth wing president of Janata Dal-Secular. His marriage has been fixed with niece of former Congress minister M Krishnappa on April 17.

"Date was fixed months ago and we canot miss the good star and holy muhurtham. That is why we have decided to perform marriage on the fixed date among the family members," he said.
Marriage will be performed at bride Revati's residence.

Earlier Kumaraswamy and family had plans to perform the marriage at a location near Ramnagar, which is also former chief minister's constituency.

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Ahmed A.K.
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Tuesday, 14 Apr 2020

In India, every section has their own choice even if the country is facing a serious problem also.

 

they will never follow anyones order.

My country is great!!!!!

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