Trying hard to improve the city's ranking in Swachh Survekshan 2021, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has found tremendous success in increasing citizen participation in the feedback process.
The results of the national cleanliness survey are determined on various parameters, including citizen feedback, which has 600 points.
The previous surveys had seen the BBMP get a low ranking because not many people had submitted their feedback on the city's cleanliness.
Last year, the BBMP saw a low rank of 214, as only 54,831 people had submitted feedback. Determined to improve the ranking this time around, the BBMP had appealed to citizens to take part in the survey in large numbers. And citizens seem to have answered the appeal.
Until Saturday, the civic body has already received feedback from about 97,021 people, and the deadline is still two days away.
Delighted at the response, D Randeep, Special Commissioner (Solid Waste Management), BBMP tweeted: "Thank you Bengalureans. We have citizen feedback of 97,021 numbers till now for BBMP. Would be able to reach the 1 lakh mark by the end of this month? Two more days to go."
Citizens can submit the feedback on https://swachhsurvekshan2021.org/CitizenFeedback%2c.