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Swachh Survekshan 2025-26

Kumari Sonali

Swachh Survekshan 2025-26:

President Droupadi Murmu recently felicitated the winners of the Swachh Survekshan Awards 2025-26 at a ceremony held at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi,

  • The 10th edition of the annual Swachh Survekshan Awards, organized by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) under the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U)
  • It is the world’s largest urban cleanliness survey and a key pillar of the SBM-U.
  • Launched in 2016, the survey assesses cleanliness and sanitation standards in urban areas across the country, encouraging competition among cities to improve waste management and sanitation.
  • Over 4,751 cities participated in the latest edition. It expanded its coverage to include the Hills and Himalayan cities as well as River front and coastal towns.
  • This year 60 national awards have been announced, under the following categories:
    • Clean Cities of Super Swachh League
    • Swachh Shehar in 5 population categories
    • Swachh River Front Town
    • Swachh Coastal Town
    • Clean Himalayan City
    • Swachh Shehar Jodi (SSJ)
    • State First Swachh City
  • Swachh Survekshan 2025-26 Rankings:
    • Super Swachh League (Recognises sustained excellence in cleanliness):
      • Navi Mumbai
      • Surat
      • Vijayawad
    • Million Plus Population Category:
      • Greater Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh)
      • Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh)
      • Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)
    • Big Cities (Population 3–10 Lakh Category):
      • Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh)
      • Union Territory of Chandigarh
      • Guntur (Andhra Pradesh)
    • Medium Cities (Population 50000–3 Lakh Category):
      • Dewas (Madhya Pradesh)
      • New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC)
      • Sagar (Madhya Pradesh)
    • Small Cities (Population 20000–50000 Category):
      • Vita (Maharashtra)
      • Aska (Odisha)
      • Panaji (Goa)
    • Very Small Cities (Population < 20000 Category):
      • Bilha (Chhattisgarh)
      • Panchgani (Maharashtra)
      • Budhni (Madhya Pradesh)
      • Indore, which had been ranked the cleanest city in the country for the past eight years, did not figure among the toppers this year.

New Award Categories:

  • Swachh River Front Town:
    • Rewa (Madhya Pradesh)
    • Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh)
    • Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh).
    • Swachh Coastal Town:
    • Puri (Odisha)
    • Alappuzha (Keralam)
    • Ratnagiri (Maharashtra).
  • Clean Himalayan City:
    • Rudrapur (Uttarakhand)
    • Jammu
    • Shopian
  • Swachh Shehar Jodi Initiative:
    • It is a city-to-city mentorship and peer-learning programme launched under the SBM-U.
    • 70 mentor cities have been paired with 191 mentee cities to facilitate knowledge-sharing and improve sanitation outcomes.
    • Ahmedabad and its partner town Sanand secured the top position in this category.
    • Indore, with its partner town, Depalpur, secured the second position, while Tirupati and its partner town, Kuppam, ranked third