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Great news for Lucknowites! City retains its 12th position in Swachh Bharat Survey
Lucknow: With the constant support from it’s citizens, Lucknow Municipal Corporation managed to hold on its 12th rank in the Swachh Bharat Survey 2021. Like previous year, Lucknow was competing against 47 cities in the country with a population over 10 lakh.
As per the results announced by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MOHUA), Lucknow secured 4,586.17/6000 marks in all three categories alloted by the housing ministry.
All 4,320 cities were evaluated only in three categories, Citizen Feedback (1,800 marks), Service Level Progress (2,400 marks) and Certification (1,800 marks).
Lucknow scored highest under the parameter of ‘Citizens Feedback’ getting 1549.78/1,800 marks as compared to last year when civic body managed to score 1029/1500 marks. The parameter consists of public participation by answering questions regarding the civic services provided by the local urban body. All remarks and feedbacks were registered through ‘Lucknow One app’.
A great improvement was also seen under Service Level Progress when compared to last year. LMC scored 1,936/2,400 under the parameter. On contrary, LMC only received 1080/1500 marks under SLP last year. The parameter includes smart and new technologies introduced by the civic body within a year to improve garbage management and living condition of the city.
Civic body only managed to get around 1,101/1,800 marks under the parameter of certification, municipal corporation was only managed to get around 500/1500 last year. The parameter ‘certification’ includes verification of open defecation status (ODF) and Garbage Free City (GFC). Lucknow has received three stars under GFC meaning 600/900. Similarly, the city has recieved the status of ODF++ which means obtaining 500/900 marks.
City mayor Sanyukta Bhatia and municipal commissioner Ajay Dwivedi were presented with mementoes for their continuos efforts to give the city a status of GFC and ODF++ status at a ceremony inaugurated by President Ram Nath Kovind.
City mayor Sanyukta Bhatia said, “Even with limited resources and Covid pandemic, the never ending support of our public has made us retain the spot we will continue to provide world class services to our city.”
Municipal Corporation Lucknow was also ranked 12th in the previous year as, 121st rank in the year 2019, 115th rank in the year 2018, 269th rank in the year 2017.
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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story
The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.
In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).
The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.
The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.
Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.
In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.
The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.