Chief Minister Rekha Gupta introduced a new year-long competition on Monday that will award Rs 1 crore every month to Delhi’s cleanest municipal ward. However, there’s a catch. It might be eliminated from the race due to a complaint regarding trash in a ward.
According to the Chief Minister, an independent agency’s reports, official assessments, resident complaints, and social media posts will all be used to evaluate wards.
The ward with the highest cleanliness rating that month will receive a prize of Rs 1 crore. According to the Chief Minister’s Office, a ward may get up to Rs 12 crore in CMDF cash during the year.
At the Municipal Corporation of Delhi headquarters, Ms. Gupta announced the competition while introducing the “Delhi Ko Kude Se Azadi-Swachhta Abhiyan 2026.” While the ward-level competition will last for a whole year, the broader cleanliness drive will end on October 2.
CM Rekha Gupta cautioned that a ward’s eligibility could be impacted by a rubbish complaint and stated that the funds would be dependent on performance. “Cleanliness is not the responsibility of any one department or agency, but a shared responsibility of every citizen,” she stated.
The Chief Minister stated that Delhi’s trash mountains are a result of the city’s ongoing garbage and waste processing issues.
The “Four Cs” of waste management, collection, cleansing, conversion, and circular economy, will be the main focus of the new campaign.
The strategy calls for waste to be separated at the source, collected from trash sites, processed and disposed of at waste facilities, and dealt with in areas where waste is still building up.
Over the next few weeks, a number of area-specific drives have also been planned.
Slum clusters will host cleanliness campaigns on August 23 and 30 as well as September 6 and 13. On Saturdays and Sundays, public restrooms will be cleaned further.
Green garbage will be removed from parks between September 1 and 10, while government hospitals will host a cleanup campaign on September 17.
From September 17 to October 2, government schools will compete in the “Mera School, Sabse Sundar” tournament. Schools are also planning a zero-waste campus initiative. According to the Chief Minister, 125 secondary collection centers for building and demolition trash, 70 mechanical sweeping devices, and more litter-picker vehicles for wards are being constructed.
The MCD, New Delhi Municipal Council, Delhi Cantonment Board, and other departments have been requested by the Urban Development Department to create action plans that address public places such as markets, hospitals, schools, and industrial zones.
Roads and walkways, back lanes, community centers, public restrooms, and the vicinity of railroad tracks and the Ring Road are all included in the timetable.
Every Monday, departments are required to submit progress reports to the Urban Development Department and maintain photographic records of the work completed.
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