14-10-22 Daily-Kerala-KPSC Current Affairs

The city again performed very poorly in the Swachh Survekshan 2022 rankings released by theministry of housing and urban affairson Saturday.Kochistood at 298th position among 382 cities with a Population between one lakh and 10 lakh. The only consolation is that it made a marginal progress as compared to the 324th position in 2021.

Kochi stood second in the state after Alappuzha , which secured 190th rank. The performance of municipalities under zonal ranking has also been dismal. No municipality fromErnakulammanaged to make it to the list of top 100 clean cities, underscoring that the Waste Management in these regions is still in tatters.

Kochi performed badly in segregated door-to-door collection, cleanliness of roads, public toilets, market areas and citizen grievance redressal. Surprisingly, more than 90% drains in the city surveyed were adjudged clean.

It helped officials working in power sector utilities to learn, practice and respond to the cyber threats.

The exercise was conducted by Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) and Power-CSIRTs (Computer Security Incident Response Teams in Power sector) jointly.

This included shippers, terminal service providers, Logistics service providers, transporters and government agencies.

The ranking indicates the efficiency of logistical Services necessary for promoting exports and economic Growth.

The States are classified under four categories viz coastal states, hinterland/landlocked states, north-eastern states, and Union Territories.

Unlike previous times, states are clubbed into categories such as achievers, fast movers and aspirers based on their

The ranking is based on LEADS ( Ease Across Different States) 2022 report survey.

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