Jaipur also called as the ‘Pink City’ has witnessed a steep fall in sanitation ranking in the past four years and now it is being counted among the most unhygienic cities of the country. The capital city of Rajasthan, after scaling new lows on several fronts such as infrastructure, has now achieved another statistical feat, most would love to do without. In the last sanitation ranking of 423 class-I cities given by Union urban ministry in 2011, Jaipur had stood at 230th position. The situation has gone worse this time as Jaipur has touched the rock bottom in the latest Swachh Bharat ranking done by Union urban development ministry. Jaipur attained 370th rank among the 476 cities. Before the ranking, all the 476 class-1 cities with a population of above one lakh were surveyed for assessing total sanitation practices covering a set of parameters including the extent of open defecation, solid waste management, waste water treatment, drinking water quality, surface water quality of water bodies and others. Mayor Nirmal Nahata said, "The city ranked were low because Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) does not look after the drinking water supply as it comes under public health engineering department (PHED)." He added, "For the waste water management, the JMC and other civic bodies have adequate number of sewerage treatment plants (STPs); however, there is no infrastructure to distribute the treated water. Our state government is working in this direction and we will develop all these facilities." This latest ranking has also exposed the city's poor disposal of solid waste management. It's been a year now but the state government has failed to put in place the door-to-door garbage collection scheme. Not only this, the shortage of sanitation workers also added to the woes of JMC. The civic body, which is responsible for the proper upkeep of the city and delivering better amenities to people, is running short of staff by 32 per cent. Around 2,500 posts are lying vacant out of the sanctioned 8,245. Suresh Kalyani, president, Rajasthan Methar Majdoor Sangh, said, "It has been almost 18 years now when permanent vacancies have not announced in the JMC. The last recruitment drive was held in 1996 and due to shortage of manpower and resources, the sanitation condition is not up to the standards.”