Indore, Surat cleanest cities, Maharashtra 1st among states

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Last Updated13/01/2024

Recently, Surat and Indore were jointly declared cleanest cities of India at the annual clean city awards 2023 of the Union Urban Affairs Ministry.
Both cities exhibit 100% door-to-door waste collection, 98% source segregation, and 100% remediation of dumpsites.
This was for the seventh year in a row that Indore has been ranked as the cleanest city in India.

Maharashtra was recognized as the cleanest state with 89.24% door-to-door waste collection and 67.76% source segregation.
Bottom Five States: Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Rajasthan, Nagaland and Tripura
Chandigarh was honoured for the best safety standards for sanitation workers.
Varanasi and Prayagraj, both in Uttar Pradesh, won the top two awards amongst the cleanest Ganga towns.
The Mhow Cantonment Board in Madhya Pradesh was adjudged the cleanest cantonment.

Swachh Survekshan is the world’s largest urban sanitation and cleanliness survey.
Started in 2016 with 73 cities, the annual ranking covers 4,416 urban local bodies, 61 cantonments, and 88 Ganga towns in 2023.
It is conducted under the ambit of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban).
It was launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) with Quality Council of India (QCI) as its implementation partner.
Objective: To encourage large-scale citizen participation and create awareness amongst all sections of society about the importance of working together toward making towns and cities better places to reside in.
The methodology for measuring cleanliness rests on two main criterias viz. citizen feedback and field assessment.