Kochi turns waste into art to boost Swachh Survekshan rank

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An artwork made from utilized  integrative  bottles adjacent   Rajendra Maidan successful  Kochi connected  Saturday.

An artwork made from utilized integrative bottles adjacent Rajendra Maidan successful Kochi connected Saturday. | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT

Installations made retired of discarded volition beryllium acceptable up crossed each 22 circles of the Kochi Corporation arsenic portion of the civic body’s ‘Queen City Clean City’ campaign, which focusses connected turning discarded into creation to amended its ranking nether Swachh Survekshan this year.

While installations person already travel up successful immoderate circles, they volition beryllium extended to the remaining circles successful the days ahead. Awareness campaigns and seminars are being organised connected however to make creation installations from waste. The Corporation has besides appointed histrion Tini Tom arsenic marque ambassador of the campaign.

The yearly Swachh Survekshan ranks municipality section bodies connected a full of 12,500 marks based connected disposable cleanliness, discarded segregation, processing, and remediation, with accent connected sustained sanitation. Of these, 10,000 marks are reserved for tract appraisal and 2,500 for certification. Kochi ranked archetypal successful the State and 50th nationally successful past year’s rankings. Service level advancement (SLP), disposable cleanliness and certification, tract assessment, national feedback, documentation, and validation are among the cardinal components for ranking.

Published - May 02, 2026 09:16 p.m. IST

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