Bihar continued its poor performance in terms of urban sanitation inSwachh Survekshan 2021, the results of which were announced by the ministry of housing and urban affairs on Saturday. While Bihar was at the bottom of the list of 13 states with more than 100 (ULBs), the neighbouring Jharkhand was awarded for being at the top of 14 states having less than 100 ULBs.
The performance ofPatnaalso continued to remain poor as it was ranked 44 out of 48 cities with Population of above 10 lakh. The overall rank of Patna out of 4,320 cities in the country was 945.
The only saving grace for the state is that Munger and Patna are among the top five cities under the Ganga town category. Munger stood second out of total 97 cities in the country and Patna third in the Ganga town category. Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh topped in this category.
However, Patna has made some improvements in the survey as its rank has gone up from bottom of the 47 cities in Swachh Survekshan, 2020 to 44 out of 48 cities this time. Even in Ganga town category, the state capitals ranking has improved from 32 last year to third this time.
Patna scored 2739.92 of 6,000 marks in the survey, which is 1187 points higher than the previous years score of 1,552.
Though the total marks under Swachh Survekshan has remained the same, the number of evaluation categories been reduced from four last year to three this time. The cities were evaluated under four categories direct observation, citizen feedback, service level progress and certification last year. Each category had carried 1,500 marks. This year it was changed to three categories citizens voice (1,800 marks), certification (1,800 marks) and service level progress (2,400 marks).