The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) on Saturday launched the Swachh Shehar Jodi (SSJ) initiative. The SSJ is a structured mentorship and collaborative action program involving 72 mentor cities and around 200 mentee cities.

Based on their recent performance in the Swachh Survekshan rankings, top-performing cities have been identified as mentor cities and paired with low-performing mentee cities.

“The SSJ initiative represents one of the largest time-bound and structured mentorship frameworks in the urban waste management sector, aiming to foster knowledge and experience sharing, peer learning and transforming best practices in sanitation and waste management across urban India,” the release said.

Swachh Shehar Jodi Initiative

Last month, MoHUA released guidelines for the S

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