Chhattisgarh’s Raigarh municipal corporation today won the “Swachhata Excellence awards 2019”.The municipal corporations of Ambikapur and Kumbakonam bagged the second and third prizes respectively.
According to the statement issued by the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry in New Delhi today, Nagar Palika Parishad of Jashpur Nagar, Malappuram Municipality, and Nagar Palika Parishad Surajpur have claimed the prizes in the “Statutory Towns” category.
It said that for million-plus cities, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has won the award.For aspirational districts, Chas Municipal Corporation has been awarded with a consolation prize.
Giving away the awards in New Delhi ,ministry secretary Durga Shanker Mishra said “each and every family needs to contribute towards making a New India including making swachhata as a matter of habit.
