Indore in Madhya Pradesh has been awarded as the cleanest city in the country in the Swachh Survekshan 2020 awards.

The city bagged the position for the fourth time in consecutive years. The awards were presented by Union Urban Development Minister Hardeep Singh Puri in a function held virtually today.

 
Our Correspondent reports that Gujarat’s Surat bagged second position and Navi Mumbai stood at number three.

Swachh Survekshan was introduced by the government with the objective of generating large scale citizen participation in the Mission.

 
Nearly one crore 87 lakh citizens participated in Swachh Survekshan survey 2020 of four thousand 242 cities. A total of 129 awards handed over to the top performing cities and states.

 
Among the towns along the banks of river Ganga, Varanasi has been awarded the cleanest town award. New Delhi has been awarded as the cleanest capital city in the country.

 Chhattisgarh was awarded the first place in the states with over 100 cities, while Jharkhand bagged it in the category of states with less than 100 cities.

 Jalandhar Cantonment Board was conferred the cleanest cantonment board in the country. Ahmedabad in Gujarat was awarded for being the cleanest city with over 40 lakh population.

 Last month, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs had launched the sixth edition of the survey, Swachh Survekshan 2021.

 
Keeping in mind the Ministry’s efforts towards ensuring sustainability of the sanitation value chain, the Swachh Survekshan 2021 indicators focus on parameters pertaining to wastewater treatment and reuse along with faecal sludge.

 
Swachh Survekshan 2021 saw the introduction of a new performance category, the Prerak DAUUR Samman which has a total of five additional sub- categories -Divya (Platinum), Anupam (Gold), Ujjwal (Silver), Udit (Bronze), Aarohi (Aspiring).