Swachh Survekshan awards: Indore, Surat, Navi Mumbai among cleanest Indian cities – check new entrants | India News
NEW DELHI: The government on Thursday shared the annual cleanliness survey with Indore, Surat and Navi Mumbai taking the top three positions. Indore retained the tag of cleanest city in the country for the eighth consecutive time.President Droupadi Murmu presented the awards at the 9th edition of the Swachh Survekshan award ceremony. Union housing and urban affairs minister Manohar Lal Khattar was also present at the event.The ministry also shared a list of cities that have emerged as new entrants in the list of cleanest cities in India. Ahmedabad, Bhopal and Lucknow have emerged as India’s new clean cities.This year, the awards have been presented across 4 categories:a) Super Swachh League Cities b) Top 3 clean cities in 5 population categoriesc) Special Category: Ganga Towns, Cantonment Boards, SafaiMitra Suraksha, Mahakumbh d) State Level Awards – Promising clean city of State/UT.Vijayawada made it to the fourth place in the first category of awards for Super Swachh League cities. A total of 78 Awards have been presented this year. The cities have been divided in five population divisions for the first two categories: (1) Million-Plus Cities: > 10 Lakh population (2) Big Cities: 3 – 10 Lakh population (3) Medium Cities: 50,000 – 3 Lakh population (4) Small Cities: 20,000 – 50,000 population (5) Very Small Cities: < 20,000 populationIn the second population category of awards for league cities, Noida emerged as the cleanest city, followed by Chandigarh, Mysuru, Ujjain and Gandhinagar. In the third category of Super Swachh cities, NDMC came first, Tirupati second, followed by Ambikapur and Lonavala. In the fourth category of awards, Vita in Maharashtra got the first rank, Saswad bagged second position, Deolali Pavara third and Dungarpur was fourth..The rankings for Swachh Survekshan 2024-25 have been determined by adopting a smart, structured approach and using a framework of 10 parameters and 54 indicators to evaluate sanitation, waste management & service delivery. ‘Best Ganga town’ was awarded to Prayagraj, while Secunderabad Cantonment received the honor of ‘Best Cantonment Board’ in recognition of its outstanding sanitation efforts. GVMC Visakhapatnam, Jabalpur, and Gorakhpur were named ‘Best SaifaiMitra Surakshit Shehar’ for their exceptional dedication to ensuring the safety and dignity of sanitation workers. Additionally, special recognition was given to the State Government of Uttar Pradesh, Prayagraj Mela Adhikari, and Prayagraj Municipal Corporation for their exemplary urban waste management during the Mahakumbh, the world’s largest gathering, which saw an estimated attendance of 660 million people.