Gurgaon: MCG will soon launch a monthly ‘clean ward’ competition to encourage sanitation efforts across the city. Under the initiative, all wards will be evaluated every month on prescribed cleanliness standards, and the best-performing ones will be felicitated.Officials said the competition aims to make cleanliness a continuous process. It will focus on effective waste management; prevention of open dumping, defecation and urination; promotion of waste segregation at source; and reduction in the use of single-use plastic.The wards will be evaluated on a 100-point scale. Key parameters include regular cleaning; door-to-door waste collection; maintenance and beautification of garbage-vulnerable points; sanitation in narrow lanes and back lanes; and cleanliness at public places.Other criteria include the absence of litter and tobacco stains in public spaces; compliance with the ban on single-use plastic by shops and vendors; cleanliness of public and community toilets; sanitation around govt schools; awareness activities on hygiene; and participation of residents.The civic body has constituted a committee to conduct the evaluations. Additional commissioner Ravinder Yadav will chair the panel, with executive engineer of the Swachh Bharat Mission Sunder Sheoran, MCG public relations officer SS Rohilla and other officials as members. Mayor Raj Rani Malhotra said the initiative would promote healthy competition among wards and encourage greater participation by councillors and residents.MCG commissioner Pradeep Dahiya said the monthly assessments would help monitor sanitation standards. “The drive will lead to continuous improvement in sanitation and will further strengthen waste management, door-to-door collection, and waste segregation at source.”
