Mangalore: The Mangalore City Corporation has emerged as the most hygienic district among the 593 districts of the country as per the new sanitation survey conducted by World Bank.
Udupi, which was a part of undivided Dakshina Kannada and Shimoga, has bagged 11th and 13th rank respectively.
It is said that, Karnataka as a whole has failed the sanitation test even after sanctioning the amount of Rs 100 crore each of the eight city corporations for their sanitation programmes by the state government..
The World Bank survey considered the construction of toilets, utilization of funds and Nirmal Gram Puraskar prize money, work done by local bodies and people’s participation among other issues.
Apart from the lack of toilet facilities in Mangalore, the city corporation was impressed by the World Bank in all other departments.
Kolhapur district bagged the second position followed by Ernakulam, Kozikode, Malpuram and Trissur in the third, fourth, fifth and sixth spots respectively.