Chandigarh, December 28:- Sh. Parimal Rai, Adviser to the Administrator, UT, Chandigarh today launched various apps under Swachh Bharat Mission in the citizen engagement & information campaign programme organized by Municipal Corporation Chandigarh at Community Centre, Sector 22, Chandigarh.
The apps launched by the Adviser were including Swachh Toilet Locater App and Swachhta App. During the function GPS tracking of vehicle was also launched and Biomatric attendance of safaikarmacharis were implemented. The Chief Guest also distributed ID cards to the door to door waste collectors.
While addressing the citizens, the Adviser said that in order to increase the usage of public toilets, it is essential for citizens to be able to locate the nearest toilet. In this regard, the Ministry of Urban Development announced the launch of a mobile application called the “Swachh Bharat Toilet Locator” (SBTL), which provides citizens the service of locating toilets in their neighbourhood or vicinity.
He appealed to the citizens of Chandigarh to join hands with the Municipal Corporation to make the city number one in the coming Swachh Survekshan-2017 by giving their valuable suggestions on online citizen feedback questionnaire.
While addressing the audience, the Mayor of Chandigarh briefed about the ranking exercise of Swachh Survekshan-2017. While giving information about the marks. The objective of the survey is to encourage large scale citizen participation and create awareness amongst all sections of society about the importance of working together towards making towns and cities a better place to live in.
He said that it leads to a spirit of healthy competition among towns and cities to improve their service delivery to citizens, towards creating cleaner cities. Citizen participation is a very crucial component of this survey, social media and other traditional media channels will be used strategically at both national, state and city levels in order to educate citizens about the objectives of the survey and survey methodology.
He further said that the citizens of Chandigarh can convey their valuable online feedback through the phone calls, social media and by downloading “Swachhta app” etc. through http://www.swachh-survekshan.in link.
Sh. Arun Sood, Mayor, Sh. B. Purushartha, IAS, Commissioner, newly elected area councilor Sh. Ravikant Sharma, Capt. Manoj Khatri, Joint Commissioner, Sh. N.P. Sharma, Chief Engineer, Dr. P.S. Bhatti, MOH, office bearers of FOSWAC, Resident Welfare Associations of Chandigarh and other councilors and area residents were present during the programme.
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