{"id":27882,"date":"2026-11-12T14:23:24","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T14:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/?p=27882"},"modified":"2026-11-12T16:30:15","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T16:30:15","slug":"khowai-bags-national-recognition-as-tripuras-cleanest-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/2026\/11\/12\/khowai-bags-national-recognition-as-tripuras-cleanest-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Khowai bags national recognition as Tripura’s cleanest city"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Agartala, Nov 12:<\/strong>\u00a0 Khowai Municipal Council has been recognised as Tripura’s cleanest city under the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban assessment, with President Droupadi Murmu presenting the award at a ceremony in New Delhi, officials said on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The award was presented on November 11 during the 10th edition of the national cleanliness assessment, which evaluated 4,751 cities and towns across the country on various parameters, including sanitation, solid waste management and civic administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The latest honour adds to Khowai’s growing list of national-level achievements, with the municipal body receiving four such recognitions over the past five years during the tenure of former Municipal Council chairperson Debashish Nath Sharma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of these, three awards were related to cleanliness and urban sanitation, while another recognised its performance under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier, on October 5, Khowai secured the second position nationally at the PMAY-Urban Awards 2026 for its performance in housing development and implementation. In July 2025, it was also recognised as a ‘Promising Swachh City’ by the Union government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The municipal council has undertaken several infrastructure development projects in recent years, including widening of major roads, improvement of footpaths and drainage systems in the Subhash Park market area, construction of an integrated parking complex and renovation of public parks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Facilities at the Lalchhara cremation ground in Ward No. 4 have also been upgraded with the installation of an electric crematorium. Several roads across the town have been improved with paver-block surfacing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The civic body has also established four new Anganwadi centres in Wards 1, 3, 11 and 14 to strengthen child welfare and early childhood education facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the waste management sector, the council has partnered with ONGC to promote scientific processing and disposal of municipal waste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To improve public service delivery, it has introduced a toll-free assistance helpline, 14420, and shifted several administrative services, including certificate-related procedures, to online platforms to reduce delays and ensure easier access for residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The latest national recognition comes ahead of the November 27 municipal elections in Tripura, with cleanliness, urban infrastructure and civic amenities expected to figure prominently in the campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Residents have welcomed the recognition, viewing it as an acknowledgement of the improvements in sanitation, public amenities and infrastructure in the town.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Agartala, Nov 12:\u00a0 Khowai Municipal Council has been recognised as Tripura’s cleanest city under the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban assessment, with President Droupadi Murmu presenting the award at a ceremony in New Delhi, officials said on Thursday. The award was presented on November 11 during the 10th edition of the national cleanliness assessment, which evaluated 4,751 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":243,"featured_media":27883,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":"","_ppma_block_editor_authors":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[6140],"class_list":["post-27882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tripura"],"authors":[{"term_id":6140,"user_id":243,"is_guest":0,"slug":"bindusmitabhowmik","display_name":"Bindusmita Bhowmik","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-03-02-at-11.04.01-AM.jpeg","url2x":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-03-02-at-11.04.01-AM.jpeg"},"avatar_alt":"","avatar_decorative":"","author_category":"1","first_name":"Bindusmita","last_name":"Bhowmik","user_url":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/243"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27882"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27892,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27882\/revisions\/27892"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27882"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=27882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}