Overview
- The Swachha App, which launched Saturday, is a mobile platform that lets residents upload geo‑tagged photos of garbage or sanitation problems that are sent to local municipal authorities for action.
- The pilot covers 10 urban local bodies including Asansol and Durgapur and eight municipalities that will test a verification loop where authorities upload a cleaned‑site photo before a case is closed.
- Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari held detailed talks on urban infrastructure and power cooperation and discussed cost‑sharing for projects.
- Adhikari said the state has secured a Rs 39,000 crore Jal Jeevan Mission agreement and approvals of Rs 2,103 crore under the National Health Mission and Rs 976 crore under Ayushman Bharat for the current fiscal.
- Next steps include monitoring and evaluating the pilot, rolling out municipal verification procedures, preparing DPRs for further urban projects such as proposed mid‑size city metro services, and follow‑up coordination with the Centre on schemes like rooftop solar.