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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Think tank punches holes in Swachh survey -Jayanta Basu

Think tank punches holes in Swachh survey -Jayanta Basu

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published Published on Mar 18, 2019   modified Modified on Mar 18, 2019
-The Telegraph

The CSE alleges that the surveyors did not visit all the cities they ranked

Calcutta: The recently released annual survey report on the Swachh Bharat mission, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pet project, paints an “over-exaggerated” picture of its success and is riddled with “anomalies”, an environment think tank has claimed.

The Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment has said the Swachh Survekshan 2019 was a rushed job, sped up to allow the results to be announced before the model code of conduct came into effect.

A senior government bureaucrat has denied the allegations.

According to the Swachh Bharat website, the survey covered 4,237 “cities”, went through 41 lakh photographs, obtained feedback from 64 lakh citizens and scoured 4 crore social media posts and messages.

“Swachh Survekshan 2019 on-ground assessment was completed in a mere 28 days to ensure that the results were declared before the announcement of the election dates; while the 2018 survey was done in 66 days,” the CSE has said.

It claims that its analysis “has unearthed a number of anomalies in the way the survey was conducted”, adding that the exercise “did not use adequate numbers of expert and qualified surveyors and certifiers to visit cities for data collection and observation”.

It alleges that the surveyors did not visit all the cities they ranked. “The poor quality of the survey and third-party assessment is clearly reflected in the overall results and rankings,” the CSE report says.

It adds that although the survey claims the nationwide segregation of waste at source has increased to 60 per cent and that waste processing has risen to 52 per cent, the actual figures are around 40 per cent and 30 per cent, respectively.

“The CSE analysis indicates that both these claims are over-exaggerated,” said Chandra Bhushan, deputy director and waste management expert with the think tank.

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The Telegraph, 18 March, 2019, https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/think-tank-punches-holes-in-swachh-survey/cid/1687057?ref=india_home-template


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