Clean Shillong website

SHILLONG, AUG 16: Chief Secretary Y Tsering today launched the ‘Clean Shillong’ website for better handling of the waste management in Shillong.

Waste management in the Shillong Urban agglomeration is currently being handled by multiple public agencies including traditional local institutions.

To bring about a coordinated effort and to streamline the management of waste, the State Government has constituted a Supervisory Committee headed by the Chief Secretary with members from all stakeholders, to actively monitor, improve and maintain the cleanliness in Shillong city, which is in line with the Court intervention.

The Online portal (http://cleanshillong.nic.in) was being launched to enable all stakeholders, to better handle the waste management in Shillong, and also to enable the citizens of Shillong to actively participate in the process of cleaning up the city. The portal has a provision to file online complaints so that prompt and necessary action can be taken up by the agency concerned.

Hackathon 2017 was also simultaneously launched today, with the theme of making Shillong a Clean and Liveable City. Ideas and corresponding solutions are being solicited from interested citizens, to resolve the given problem statements as submitted by the various departments/agencies. Citizens may register as a team in the cleanshillong.nic.in portal. The ideas will then be evaluated by a multidisciplinary jury, and will be adjudged according to creativity, practicality, social impact, innovation and tools for developing the product/prototype.

The solution could range from a Web based solution/Mobile App/IoT/Machine Learning/etc. Registration has been opened and the last date for registration is August 31 and the top three solutions will be presented with cash awards of Rs 50,000, Rs 30,000 and Rs 15,000 respectively which will be given on October 2.

By Our Reporter