Centre launches contest to adjudge most beautiful cities

The ministry has opened the portal citybeautycompetition.in to register and know the details of the contest

Beautification between the Mandi House round about for G-20 in New Delhi. (Express photo by Praveen Khanna)

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The Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry Thursday said it had launched a “beauty contest” for cities across the country to encourage and recognise the transformational efforts made to create beautiful, innovative and inclusive public spaces.

The online competition would judge municipal wards and public spaces on parameters such as accessibility, amenities, activities, aesthetics, and ecology.

“The competition would felicitate the most beautiful wards and public spaces in the cities. While selected wards would be felicitated at the city and state levels, the top most beautiful public spaces in the cities under four categories viz. waterfronts, green spaces, tourist/ heritage spaces and market/commercial places would first be felicitated at the state level and the shortlisted entries would thereafter be considered for national level awards,” the ministry said in a statement.

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The ministry has opened the portal citybeautycompetition.in to register and know the details of the contest. The deadline to submit the entries, including photos and presentations, will end on July 15.

The competition would promote heritage and culture, sustainable communities and ecological conservation and would also encourage peer learning among states and cities, the ministry said.

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