Kolkata, Nov. 11 -- Tarakeswar Municipality won a national award in Swachh Survekshan 2025-26, recognised for meeting the cleanliness, citizen awareness and urban service delivery parameters of the Swachh Bharat Mission. The awards were presented at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on Wednesday. Urban Development and Municipal Affairs minister Agnimitra Paul attended the event. "We have arrived in Delhi today. Bengal is receiving a Swachh Survekshan award. 130 cities from Bengal were entered into this competition.
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to Union minister Manohar Lal Khattar. When our government came to power in Bengal, the deadline was already approaching; nevertheless, we expressed our desire to participate," Paul told the media in New Delhi. She also said that the previous government never participated and never received any such recognition, which is why Bengal had always remained out of this race. "This time, we participated, and among the 130 cities, Tarakeswar received the award. The evaluation was based on 150 different parameters-every aspect was taken into account," Paul added.
Paul had earlier congratulated the municipality in social media posts. "For 10 years, Bengal did not participate in the annual Swachh Survekshan, a cleanliness assessment of each city across 150+ parameters," she said.
Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Millennium Post.