Indore retains top slot in cleanliness; region lags, only Chandigarh makes the cut
Noida was adjudged the cleanest city, followed by Chandigarh under the new category Super Swachh League in the three to 10 lakh population category.
While Indore retained the top position among the cleanest cities for the eighth time in a row in the Super Swachh League city award category, most cities in the region failed to make a mark or ranked lower. The results of the Swachh Survekshan were announced on Thursday.
The Super Swachh League features a select group of cities that have consistently demonstrated outstanding performance in previous editions of Swachh Survekshan.
Seventy-eight awards were presented this year across four categories — Super Swachh League cities; top three clean cities in five population categories; Special Category: Ganga Towns, Cantonment Boards, Safai Mitra Suraksha and Mahakumbh; and State-Level Awards.
President Droupadi Murmu presented the award (for Chandigarh) to Punjab Governor and UT Administrator Gulab Chand Kataria and Mayor Harpreet Kaur Babla at a ceremony after the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry announced the rankings.
Under the newly introduced Swacch Shehar category for cities with a population between 50,000 and 3 lakh, Karnal ranked third, with Madhya Pradesh’s Dewas and Maharashtra’s Karhad securing the top two positions. In the Promising Swacch Shehar category, Sonepat ranked 11th and Bathinda 26th. Theog in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu in Jammu and Kashmir and Kargil in Ladakh secured the 12th, 13th, and 17th ranks, respectively.
Among the top 40 cities with a population of over 10 lakh, Chennai ranked 38th, Ludhiana 39th and Madurai 40th.
To promote new cities towards cleanliness, the Swachh Shahar category has also been introduced. Ahmedabad has secured the first position, followed by Bhopal, Lucknow, Raipur, Jabalpur, Greater Hyderabad, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pune, GVMC Visakhapatnam, Agra and Ghaziabad.
The 2024-25 assessment introduced new elements, including cleanliness target units and the adoption of Swabhav Swachhata Sanskaar Swachhata, which emphasises behaviour change in daily life. The evaluation focused on key parameters such as the elimination of difficult and dark spots, visible cleanliness and the establishment of reduce, reuse, recycle (RRR) centres.
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