Swachh Survekshan Awards 2019: Indore cleanest Indian city, Bhopal country’s Swachh capital
6th March, 2019Category: Environment, National
Indore has been adjudged India’s cleanest city for the third straight year in the central government’s cleanliness survey. The second and third positions were clinched by Ambikapur in Chhattisgarh and Mysore in Karnataka. Bhopal is India’s cleanest capital/UT city and Ujjain is India’s cleanest medium city (population 3-10 lakh). While the New Delhi Municipal Council area was given the ‘Cleanest Small City’ award, Delhi Cantt. is India’s cleanest cantonment area. Ahmedabad is India’s cleanest big city (population >10 lakh). Uttarakhand’s Gauchar was adjudged the ‘Best Ganga Town’.
The Swachh Survekshan awards 2019 were conferred by President Ram Nath Kovind in New Delhi at a ceremony. Winners were awarded a statue of Mahatma Gandhi as memento. The cleanliness awards are given by the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. The survey covered 4,237 cities in a record time of 28 days and was in a completely paperless, digital format for data collection. Swachh Survekshan was conducted in January 2019. Swachh Survekshan 2019 that covered all urban local bodies in the country is the largest such cleanliness survey in the world.
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