Nashik: With nine days remaining for the online survey in the Swacch Survekshan 2019 to culminate, the civic body has appealed to the citizens to participate in the survey, the details of which are available in the website of the Union ministry of housing and urban affairs.One of the important components of Swachh Survekshan is getting citizens’ feedback on the progress made by cities in achieving cleanliness.“Only 622 Nashikites have participated in the survey. The figures are paltry considering the population of the city,” said Mahesh Bachchhav, administrative officer of the NMC.The participation of residents of Deolali Cantonment Board is also pathetic as only one person has given his feedback.Malegaon town has a better participation with 990 citizens giving feedback about Malegaon Municipal Corporation.So far, Pune is leading in the state with 3,397 responses from local residents, while Kolhapur has registered participation of over 3,304 citizens.The citizens can participate in the survey by logging on to the website https://www.swachhsurvekshan2019.org/CitizenFeedback. The citizens can also call the toll-free number 1969 to register their feedback.“There is no point in blaming the civic body alone for not being ranked among the top clean cities if they are not going to shoulder their responsibilities. Here they just have to take part and register their vote – good or ugly, but even that is not happening,” Prakash Chaudhary, a resident of Ambad said.Working woman Neeta Patil said, “I was unaware of the survey, though I find the city much cleaner than a year before. The streets are being cleaned and the waste is being segregated at source.”The NMC is taking measures to make people aware about the survey through the sanitation employees by way of stickers, placards, boards, etc.

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