Nagpur has suffered a massive civic embarrassment in the Swachh Survekshan 2024, scoring a pathetic 1% in waste segregation and just 30% in garbage collection. This disgraceful performance has cemented the city’s position at 27th in national rankings — exactly where it stood last year. For a city that once ranked 18th in 2020, this is a steep and shameful decline.
Just last year, Nagpur had scored 98/100 in segregation and 100/100 in collection. What happened? Who is responsible? Two private companies — AG Enviro and BVG India — were in charge then and now. The difference? Zero accountability and a sleeping civic body.
Shockingly, while garbage scores tanked, Nagpur bizarrely received 100% scores in slum, market, and lake cleanliness, and 1200/1200 in ODF+ and Water Plus. Clearly, waste management is the city’s Achilles’ heel.
The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) even paid ₹2 crore to KPMG to improve its ranking. Two years later? No results. No improvements. Just excuses. Citizens are asking: Was this a scam or sheer incompetence?
Yes, NMC is running campaigns — “Ek Tarikh Ek Ghanta”, Swachh Mohalla contests, RRR Centres — but what’s the point when garbage lies unsegregated and uncollected?
Enough PR. Nagpur is drowning in waste, and the nation is watching. Fix the mess, or face the rage.
The countdown to Swachh Survekshan 2025 has already begun. Nagpur can’t afford another year of filth and failure.
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