Odisha wins three national level sanitation awards

Bhubaneswar: Odisha won three awards at the prestigious Annual India Sanitation Coalition (ISC)-FICCI Sanitation Awards 2022, held at New Delhi.

Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) was awarded with the “Best Faecal Sludge and Septage Management (FSSM) Model – Urban,” and Sasmita Barik, a Swachha Sathi from Bhadrak Municipality was awarded with the “Women Changemaker in Sanitation” Award.

In addition, Jajpur district was awarded for “Best Skilling Initiative in Sanitation.”

The ISC-FICCI Awards ceremony and conclave is an annual national event celebrating leaders, rising stars and organisations who are driving growth in the sanitation value chain for achieving a “cleaner, healthier, safer, happier and a gender-equal India.”

BMC was awarded for its comprehensive implementation of FSSM across the value chain along with building and enabling environment by engaging multiple stakeholders and executing wide-ranging interventions in the capital city.

Sasmita Barik, a Swachha Sathi from Bhadrak was awarded for her active leadership and proactiveness in keeping the city clean and hygienic by spreading awareness among households on both Faecal Sludge and Septage Management (FSSM) and Solid Waste Management (SWM) and motivating citizens to adopt appropriate sanitation practices.

Odisha has been implementing a unique model of decentralised waste management with community partnership as a 5T initiative which has been lauded across various platforms.