The Ministry Of Urban Development led by Mr. Venkaiah Naidu announced 2017’s Swachh Sarvekshan Awards, where Indore in Madhya Pradesh has been declared as the Cleanest City in India. Surprisingly, Gonda in Uttar Pradesh had been named as the dirtiest city in India.
As a part of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, every year cities and towns all over India are been nominated for the title of Swachh Cities on the basis of cleanliness and sanitation. Almost as 434 cities participated in this, out of which Indore was finalized as the Cleanest City in India.
Bhopal of Madhya Pradesh was ranked second, Visakhapatnam of Andhra Pradesh bagged the third rank. Surat of Gujrat and Mysuru of Karnataka have emerged as the fourth and fifth cleanest cities respectively.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s constituency Varanasi had been named as the India’s Fastest Moving City with more than 10 lakh population.
In 2015 and 2016, Mysuru consecutively emerged as the cleanest city and Dhanbad in Jharkhand being the dirtiest.
India’s financial capital Navi Mumbai settled down at 8th position, Tirupati of Andhra Pradesh and Vadodara of Gujarat emerged as the 9th and 10th cleanest cities respectively.
These Indian cities were ranked basing on the data provided by municipal corporations, independent assessors as well as feedback from people. However, 5 main parameters- Solid waste management, waste collection, sanitation strategies, construction of toilets and lastly behavior change communication have been considered while ranking of the cities.
Overall, 3.7 million Indian cities participated in the survey.