DW BUREAU / CHANDIGARH City Mayor Sarbjit Kaur, while honouring the 'Change leaders' during Swachh Prerak Samaan Samaroh at Rani Laxmi Bai Mahila Bhawan, Sector 38, stated that every year the Swachh Survekshan is redesigned innovatively, to ensure that the process becomes more robust, with focus on sustaining the behavior change and role of local change leaders. Anindita Mitra, Commissioner, Dalip Sharma, Senior Deputy Mayor, Anup Gupta, Deputy Mayor, other councilors, officers of MCC and the awardees from different categories of awards and competitions were present on the occasion. While addressing the awardees, the Mayor also spoke about how Swachh Survekshan has become a tool for citizen engagement in the spirit of a true 'Jan Andolan'. She said that this year, the focus on citizen participation has taken a notch higher by introducing indicators that encourage innovations led by citizens, start-ups, entrepreneurs and Swachhata Champions among others. The Mayor said that the scope of the survey has been expanded to now cover 100% wards for sampling, as compared to 40% in previous years. In order to seamlessly carry out this ambitious exercise, SS 2022 will see more than twice the number of assessors deployed last year for the on-field assessment. The Mayor said the cleanliness brought about by the Mission helped the city face the pandemic successfully. The Safai Karamcharis acted as Corona warriors and the government also took care of their interests. She also appealed all the citizens to whole- heartedly participate in all the initiatives and discharge their duties sincerely. Earlier, Anindita Mitra, Commissioner, MCC welcomed the chief guest and all the awardees. She said that designed with 'People First' as its driving philosophy, Swachh Survekshan 2022 has been curated towards capturing the initiatives of cities for the overall welfare and well-being of frontline sanitation workers. The survey, flavoured with the Azaadi@75 spirit, will also give priority to the voices of senior citizens and young adults alike and reinforce their participation towards upholding the cleanliness of their city. (editor@dailyworld.in)