Under the National Urban Sanitation Policy, a city that scores points between 34 and 66 and needs considerable improvement is colour-coded ______.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. black
- Under the National Urban Sanitation Policy, a city that scores points between 34 and 66 and needs considerable improvement is colour-coded black.
- The The Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) together with partners carried out a study to rank 423 cities on a set of indicators for sanitation and healthy living (MOUD 2010, Rank of Cities).
- These cities were divided into five zones, representing 72 per cent of India’s urban population. The rankings are based on 19 sanitation parameters such as access to community toilets, safe management of human excreta, and solid waste collection and treatment.
- Four colour codes have been assigned to the cities based on the points they obtained in the rating:
- red (less than 33 points) means cities need 'immediate remedial action',
- black (34 to 66) means cities 'need considerable improvement',
- blue (67-90) means cities are ‘recovering’,
- green (91-100) means cities are ‘healthy and clean’.