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Swachh Survekshan 2022

Swachh Survekshan 2022:

President Droupadi Murmu presents awards as part of Azadi@75 Swachh Survekshan 2022.

  • Indore has been adjudged the cleanest city of India for the sixth year in a row, while Madhya Pradesh is the cleanest state in the country.
  • Surat is the second cleanest city and Navi Mumbai comes a close third in the category of cities with a population more than a lakh.
  • Visakhapatnam was adjudged the fourth cleanest city in the country (In over 10 lakh population category).
  • In the population category of less than one lakh, Panchgani and Karad from Maharashtra bagged the first and third positions respectively, while Patan from Chhattisgarh bagged the second position.
  • Tirupati received the best city award in Safai Mitra Suraksha category, while Haridwar in Uttarakhand received the award for the best Ganga town in more than one lakh population cities.
  • Bijnor ranked first among Ganga towns with less than one lakh population, followed by Kannauj and Garhmukhteshwar.
  • Maharashtra’s Deolali was adjudged the country’s cleanest Cantonment Board.
  • Shivamogga in Karnataka received the fast mover city award.
  • Tripura got the cleanest State award in the “less than 100 urban local bodies category”.