Swachh Bharat survey covers 11 Telangana cities
The survey, conducted during 2014-15
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2015-08-09 02:29 GMT
Hyderabad: Adilabad was ranked 349 and Hindupur, AP, 457 in the Swachh Bharat rankings announced by the Centre on Saturday. The survey covered 30 cities in AP and 11 in Telangana.
The cities were surveyed for total sanitation practices covering a set of parameters including the extent of open defecation, solid waste management, seepage management, waste water treatment, drinking water quality, surface water quality of water bodies and mortality due to water borne diseases.
The survey, conducted during 2014-15, was commissioned by the Union ministry of urban development under the National Sanitation Policy of 2008.