Indore is India’s cleanest city in Swachh Survekshan 2020, the fifth edition of the annual cleanliness survey of the country.The city has bagged the spot fourth time in a row.Gujarat’s Surat on second spot and Maharashtra’s Navi Mumbai on the third.
In the category of the population of less than 1 lakh, Maharashtra’s Karad bagged the first position, followed by the state’s Saswad and Lonavala.
Best performing states in terms of overall performance were divided into two categories- states with over 100 Urban Local Bodies (ULB) and state with less than 100 lbs.In the first category, Chhattisgarh bagged the award for the second time and Jharkhand won the award in the second category.
India’s Cleanest Cantonment Board award was bagged by Jalandhar cantonment from Punjab and Best Ganga Town award was given to Varanasi.
Best city in terms of maximum citizen participation award in the category of the population of over 1 lakh has been given to Uttar Pradesh’s Shahjahanpur.
In the same category for cities with a population of less than 1 lakh, the award was bagged by Uttarakhand’s Nandaprayag.
