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Hyderabad: M.
Dana Kishore, IAS, Commissioner, GHMC, has received Swachta Excellence Award on February 5 at New Delhi. The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) stood 1st under Cities with population over One Million category in Swachhata Excellence Award by the Centre for Engaging community-based organizations (SHG) and Informal Waste Pickers in sanitation and solid waste management. The growing sanitation sector offers increasing livelihood opportunities for Community Based Organizations (CBOs). Many Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) are making noteworthy efforts to engage CBOs in sanitation and solid waste management related works, leading to a sustainable income and dignified source of livelihood for them. Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) Swachhata Excellence Awards have been instituted by MoHUA to recognize the Area Level Federations (ALFs), City Level Federations (CLFs) and Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) working towards achieving sanitation outcomes with their communities and promoting dignified livelihoods in the sanitation sector..