My Swachh Neighbourhood

Guidelines on “Swachh Neighbourhood” being released by my Ministry, which lays out the definition, citizen engagement options, infrastructure norms, assessment & inspection procedures and checklists, for making our neigbourhoods ‘swachh’ and garbage free.This document can act as a ready reckoner for all stakeholders to engage in improving the cleanliness standards of neighbourhoods. It lays down the benchmarks, responsibilities, infrastructure setup and good practices, inspection/monitoring norms to be followed as well as an assessment framework. The assessment framework is a tool to enable authorities and citizen stakeholder groups to conduct independent assessments of progress made in keeping neighbourhoods clean and garbage free.