Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar congratulated the people of State and officers of the Department for making consistent efforts so as to ensure a clean and green Environment and urged them to aim for the first position in the next Survey. Union Minister for Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Hardeep Singh Puri felicitated officials who had come to receive the award on the behalf of the State in a ceremony in New Delhi. The State Govt had taken steps including establishment of a Plant for disposal of waste in Sonepat from which 8 MW of power is being generated per day et al. due to which the State has been able to accomplish this milestone. Besides this, under the new category, Prerak DAUUR Samman (which will categorize cities on the basis of six select indicators) Gurugram, Rohtak and Karnal were recognized under Anupam (Gold) Category, Panchkula, Faridabad and Nilokheri have been recognized under Ujjwal (Silver) Category and Ambala has been recognized under Aarohi (Aspiring) Category.