Fourth time in a row a city has bagged the top spot in the cleanliness survey! Union minister Hardeep Puri announced the name – Indore!
Yes, it is Indore that managed to is the cleanest city in India and has bagged the first spot in the Swachh Survekshan 2020, the fifth edition of the annual cleanliness survey.
This is the fourth time in a row that the city has bagged the top spot in the cleanliness survey.
Surat and Navi Mumbai have bagged the second and third spot respectively.
Varanasi has been the adjudged the ‘best Ganga town’ in the survey.
Union minister Hardeep Puri congratulated the political leadership and people of Indore for the achievement.
“Indore is India’s cleanest city 4th year in a row. The city & its people have shown exemplary dedication towards cleanliness. Congratulations to MP CM @ChouhanShivraj people, political leadership & Municipal Corporation for this superlative performance,” Puri tweeted.
Here is the list of the all the winners across several categories:
Cleanest city awards for cities with population above 1 lakh –
• Indore (Madhya Pradesh)
• Surat (Gujarat)
• Navi Mumbai (Maharashtra)
Cleanest city awards for cities with population below 1 lakh –
• Karad (Maharashtra)
• Saswad (Maharashtra)
• Lonavla (Maharashtra)
Cleanest state with more than 100 cities
Chhattisgarh
Cleanest state with less than 100 cities
Jharkhand
Cleanest Ganga town
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Maximum citizen participation in keeping city areas clean
Shahjahanpur
Cleanest megacity with more than 40 lac population
Ahmedabad (Gujarat)
Best self-sustainable cities with population above 40 lakh-
• Bengaluru (Karnataka)
• Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh)
Fastest-moving city in terms of cleanliness
Jodhpur (Rajasthan)
Self-sustainable city in terms of cleanliness (more than 10 lakh population)
Rajkot (Gujarat)
Self-sustainable city in terms of cleanliness (less than 10 lakh population)
Mysuru (Karnataka)
Cleanest small cities –
• Ambikapur (Chattisgarh)
• Burhanpur (Madhya Pradesh)
Cleanest city with population between 1 lakh to 3 lakh
Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh)
Cleanest capital city
New Delhi (Union Territory of New Delhi)
Fastest moving cleanest capital city
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)
Fastest moving self-sustainable cleanest capital city
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh)
Cleanest Ganga towns –
• Kanauj (Uttar Pradesh)
• Chunar (Uttar Pradesh)
Cleanest city in the North Zone –
• Gangaghat (Uttar Pradesh)
Cleanest city in the North Zone (pop. 25k – 50k) –
• Nawashahar (Punjab)
Cleanest city in the North Zone (pop. below 25k) –
• Awagarh (Uttar Pradesh)
Cleanest city northeast Zone –
• Jorhat (Assam)
Cleanest city in the northeast Zone (pop. 25k – 50k) –
• Mokukchung (Nagaland)
Cleanest city in the northeast Zone (pop. below 25k) –
• Jiribam (Manipur)
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