Swachh Survekshan 2021: Indore adjudged India's cleanest city for 5th time, Surat gets second position

New Delhi, Nov 20: Indore was adjudged India's cleanest city for the fifth time in a row while Surat bagged second spot, Vijayawada secured third place in the central government's cleanliness survey announced on Saturday.

The Swachh Survekshan awards 2021 were conferred by President Ram Nath Kovind at a ceremony in New Delhi.

Navi Mumbai lost its third spot to Vijaywada and was in the fourth position in the latest survey results announced by the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry on Saturday. Lucknow has been ranked the lowest among 25 cities in the same category.

Chhattisgarh has been adjudged India's cleanest state for third time in a row. Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, having more than 100 urban local bodies, have been adjudged the second and third cleanest state in the country. In the category of states with less than 100 urban local bodies, Jharkhand has been ranked first, followed by Haryana and Goa.

In other categories, Varanasi has been the adjudged the "cleanest Ganga town" in the survey, while Bihar's Munger and Patna have been ranked second and third in the category.

Ahmedabad cantonment was adjudged the cleanest cantonment in the country, followed by Meerut and Delhi.

According to the ministry, Vita city of Maharashtra has been ranked the cleanest city with less than one lakh population, followed by Lonavala and Sasvad.

New Delhi Municipal Council secured the first position in the country's cleanest small city category of 1-3 lakh population while Hoshangawad and Triputi emerged as the "Fastest Mover small city" and "Best Small City in Citizens' Feedback" categories, respectively.

Noida emerged as the country's "cleanest medium city" in the category of 3-10 lakh population. Navi Mumbai bagged the first award in the category of 'Safaimitra Suraksha Challenge'. It also got the first position as India's 'cleanest big city' in the category of 10-40 lakh population.

The Swachh Survekshan 2021 covered 4,320 cities in 28 days, with over 4.2 core people registering their feedback.

The top 10 cleanest cities in the Swachh Survekshan 2021:

Indore
Surat
Vijaywada
Navi Mumbai
Pune
Raipur
Bhopal
Vadodara
Visakhapatnam
Ahmedabad