Wins cash prize of Rs.10,000
Mysore/Mysuru: Asha Jayakrishnan, Principal, Queen’s School of Design, Kuvempunagar, has bagged first prize in a competition to design uniform for Safaimitras, conducted by Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) recently.
The best design was selected by the Committee headed by MCC Commissioner.
At the National-level, only 7 cities participated in Safaimitra uniform design contest. From Karnataka, Mysuru was the only city to submit its unique costume. The purpose of conducting this competition in National-level was to ensure that there should be a standard uniform of the same design worn by all Safaimitras across the country.
Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs is conducting a national competition titled “Safaimitra Suraksha Challenge” (City Challenge on Manhole to Machinehole) to encourage more cities and towns to adopt mechanised cleaning of sewers and septic tanks as a practice, and act as a lighthouse for smaller cities in this regard.
The contest of Safaimitra Surksha Challenge -2021 is being conducted among 242 cities of the country. National Challenge will have the following award categories for best performing cities:
If the city population is more than 10 lakh, the first prize will be Rs. 12 crore, second prize will be Rs.6 crore and third prize Rs. 3 crore.
If population is between 3 lakh and 10 lakh, the prize money for first three places will be Rs. 10 crore, Rs.5 crore and Rs.2.5 crore.
If city population is up to 3 lakh, the prize money will be Rs. 8 crore for first prize, Rs. 4 crore for second prize and Rs.2 crore for third prize.
The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) comes under the category of the population of 3 to 10 lakh.
As announced by MCC, Asha Jayakrishnan has won a cash prize of Rs. 10,000 for her uniform design which will be sent for the National-level contest.
A number of competitions will be held as part of Safaimitra Suraksha Challenge and the winners would be announced on August 15, 2021.
This competition of dress design was to be comfortable and uplifting. The design selected looks like one paraded in a fashion show. The tight fitting apparel will not work as it is uncomfortable for people working for long hours. Fashion parade is for few minutes of ramp walk. Have a better design, to prevent workers from discarding this.