Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) has informed that the contribution of sanitary workers who help to keep cities clean and sanitary is critical factor. In order to recognize their efforts and motivate them to higher level of commitment it is being advised to institute a system of monthly awards for sanitary workers (Safai Mitras) under various categories (covering
sanitation and solid waste management) by every ULB. The winners of these awards
should be identified through a scoring system comprising a series of objective
indicators. ULBs may consider to have 6 categories of awards for cities. The awards
categories along with the broad indicators are given in the Annexure. Note that the
indicators are purely suggestive: cities may customize the indicators, marks and
scoring to suit local conditions.
Therefore, all the cities are requested to take this initiatives and give award to sanitary workers every month. ULB may choose any one category (among categories A to E) each month to award a sanitary worker. The lifetime achievement award may be given on an annual basis.
Following are the Categories
A) Door to Door Collection
B) Street / Road Collection
C) Drain Cleaning
D) Transportation of Solid Waste Management
E) Cleaning of Community Toilets / Public Toilets