Indore, which has successively grabbed the ‘cleanest city’, title has added a new feather to its cap by becoming the very first ‘Water Plus’ city in India. The industrial capital of the state of Madhya Pradesh became the very first city to attain the ‘Water Plus’ status in the Swachh Survekshan 2021. ‘Water Plus’ status is accorded to cities below the Swachh Survekshan survey on the basis of their functionality in tapping the polluted water and stopping its flow in the rivers and other freshwater bodies of the area.
Taking to Twitter to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan mentioned that Indore has set an instance for the complete nation by displaying its dedication and determination towards cleanliness. The CM also hoped that the city continues to bring glory and fame to the state in future.
Indore Municipal Commissioner Pratibha Pal told ANI that the city had completed in depth work to tap the sources of greywater in the city. Pal mentioned that more than 7,000 outfalls of greywater that used to drain water into the rivers and other streams had been identified and closed by the city administration fulfilling the criteria to claim the ‘Water Plus’ tag.
Indore district collector Manish Singh earlier told news agency PTI that there had been about 5,600 domestic sewer connections and 1,700 public sewer hyperlinks that drained the polluted water in numerous smaller and massive nullahs across the city. With the tapping of these polluted water sources, the Kanh and Saraswati rivers in the city will also be sewer-absolutely free, Singh mentioned.
In its fight against the polluted water, the administration had also constructed seven sewerage water therapy plants and the city re-utilizes about 110 million litres of the treated water each day, Pal told PTI. The central government has launched numerous schemes and projects connected to cleanliness and sanitation in the nation as aspect of the Swachh Bharat Campaign.