Representational pic Three cities in Madhya Pradesh bagged top awards in Swachh Survekshan 2019 announced by the union government at a function in New Delhi today.

Every year, cities and towns across India are awarded with the title of ‘Swachh Cities’ on the basis of their cleanliness and sanitation drive as a part of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan that was launched in 2014.

Three cities Indore, Bhopal and Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh bagged top awards. Indore has now retained the top spot in the survey of being the cleanest city for a consecutive three years. It was hat trick for Bhopal too. Bhopal was adjudged the cleanest capital city in the 2019 survey.

Another city of state, Ujjain was awarded cleanest city in 3 lakh to one million category. MP Urban development minister, Jaivardhan Singh received the award along with elected representatives from Indore, Bhopal and Ujjain.