PANAJI
The Goa government has constituted the State High Powered Committee (SHPC) for implementation and management of Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) 2.0, (SBM) which aims to make all cities ‘garbage free’.
Headed by the Chief Secretary, the Committee has to approve the overall Action Plan for achieving SBM objectives with planning for fund flow in the short, medium and long term and consider additional resource mobilization wherever required.
The committee has to approve the selection of clusters so that common infrastructure could be shared between a group of cities/towns/contiguous rural areas and ensure that land free from encumbrances is made available for setting up necessary infrastructure.
The committee has to also ensure convergence of action for sanitation and waste management in the urban and rural areas of the State and bringing about inter departmental coordination for implementation.
The mission launched by the Union Government in October 2021, for a period of five years, aims at completing the work remaining of the Mission 1.0, institutionalizing ‘swachh’ behaviour and making it sustainable.
The Centre in partnership with States/ UTs and ULBs is committed to make all cities ‘garbage free’ under SBM-Urban 2.0 in order to contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 2030, which will ultimately improve the quality of life and ease of living of urban populations, thus leading to urban transformation.
The committee members are Secretary/Principal Secretary Urban Development, Health, Finance, Housing and Environment, Chairman of Goa State Pollution Control Board, representative of Union Ministry for Urban Development and Mission Directors.
