Swachh Sarvekshan-2017: Indore is the Cleanest City

May 4, 2017

Union Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu has announced the Cleanest Cities in the Country and the fastest moving cities on sanitation ladder under Swachh Sarvekshan-2017.
Indore has been adjudged as the cleanest city in India while Gonda in Uttar Pradesh has been ranked as the dirtiest city among surveyed. In total, 434 cities and towns with a population of one lakh and above were surveyed. Last year survey had surveyed only 73 cities with a population of 10 lakh and above.
Cities and towns in West Bengal did not take part in the survey as the Mamata Banerjee government did not participate in the Swachh Survekshan.

Criteria

The criteria for selecting the cities for ranking for this year included 45% marks for cities becoming open defecation-free; solid waste management like sweeping, collection, transportation and processing of garbage; education and capacity building. 25% marks were given for field inspection and another 30% marks were given for citizen feedback. In total, feedback from at least 18 lakh citizens across the surveyed cities about the sanitation were received.

Best Performing Cities

The top ten highly ranked cities are: Indore (1^st), Bhopal (2^nd), Visakhapatnam (3^rd), Surat (4^th), Mysuru (5^th), Tiruchirapally of Tamil Nadu (6^th), New Delhi Municipal Council (7^th), Navi Mumbai (8^th), Tirupati of Andhra Pradesh (9^th), Vadodara (10^th).
Overall, Jharkhand and Chattisgarh have emerged as the best performing states in Swachh Survekshan, 2017. States like Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh have performed well in sanitation rankings

Worst Performing Cities

As per the survey, four among the dirtiest cities are from UP, two each from Bihar and Punjab and one each from Uttarakhand and Maharashtra. Overall, UP and Bihar remains the biggest concerns. In UP, 50 of the 62 cities/towns surveyed have been ranked beyond 305. In Bihar, 19 of 27 cities/towns surveyed have been ranked beyond 300.
The worst performing cities are: Gonda of Uttar Pradesh (434^th), Bhusawal of Maharashtra (433^rd), Bagaha of Bihar (432^nd), Hardoi of Uttar Pradesh (431^st), Katihar of Bihar (430^th), Bahraich of Uttar Pradesh (429^th), Muktsar of Punjab (428^th), Abohar of Punjab (427^th), Shahjahanpur of Uttar Pradesh (426^th), Khurja of Uttar Pradesh (425^th).