<p>Madhya Pradesh's Indore has emerged as the cleanest city in the country for the fourth consecutive time.<br /><br />As per the Swachh Survekshan 2020, the annual cleanliness survey announced by Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Thursday, Surat in Gujarat and Navi Mumbai have bagged the second and third rank respectively.<br /><br />The survey covered 4,342 cities with a total population of 43 crores, including 62 cantonment boards and 92 Ganga towns. <br /><br />Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has secured the 37th place in cities with more than 10 lakh population category in the survey. Bengaluru has got Best Self Sustained Mega-City tag among cities having more than 40 lakh population.<br /><br />Mysuru has won the Cleanest Medium City Award in medium cities category (3 to 10 lakh population) and Tumakuru secured the 48th place. Mysuru has also got the second rank in cities in urban local bodies having a population of 1 to 10 lakh.<br /><br />Punjab's Jalandhar cantonment has been declared India's cleanest cantonment board while Varanasi bagged Best Ganga Town award.<br /><br />New Delhi’s New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) has received the cleanest capital city award.<br /><br />In the category of a population of less than 1 lakh, Maharashtra’s Karad has bagged the first position, followed by the state’s Saswad and Lonavala.<br /><br />Chhattisgarh has won the award for the second time in overall performance in cleanliness among states with 100 urban local bodies category. Jharkhand has got the award among states with less than 100 urban local bodies.<br /><br />Swachh Survekshan was launched by the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry to encourage healthy competition among cities in maintaining cleanliness.<br /><br />The first survey was conducted in 2016, and it ranked 73 major cities. While Mysuru won the award for the cleanest city of India in the first edition of the survey, Indore has retained the top position for three consecutive years subsequently (2017,2018 and 2019).<br /><br />Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Swachh Bharat Mission in 2014 with the aim to make India clean and free of open defecation.</p>
<p>Madhya Pradesh's Indore has emerged as the cleanest city in the country for the fourth consecutive time.<br /><br />As per the Swachh Survekshan 2020, the annual cleanliness survey announced by Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Thursday, Surat in Gujarat and Navi Mumbai have bagged the second and third rank respectively.<br /><br />The survey covered 4,342 cities with a total population of 43 crores, including 62 cantonment boards and 92 Ganga towns. <br /><br />Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has secured the 37th place in cities with more than 10 lakh population category in the survey. Bengaluru has got Best Self Sustained Mega-City tag among cities having more than 40 lakh population.<br /><br />Mysuru has won the Cleanest Medium City Award in medium cities category (3 to 10 lakh population) and Tumakuru secured the 48th place. Mysuru has also got the second rank in cities in urban local bodies having a population of 1 to 10 lakh.<br /><br />Punjab's Jalandhar cantonment has been declared India's cleanest cantonment board while Varanasi bagged Best Ganga Town award.<br /><br />New Delhi’s New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) has received the cleanest capital city award.<br /><br />In the category of a population of less than 1 lakh, Maharashtra’s Karad has bagged the first position, followed by the state’s Saswad and Lonavala.<br /><br />Chhattisgarh has won the award for the second time in overall performance in cleanliness among states with 100 urban local bodies category. Jharkhand has got the award among states with less than 100 urban local bodies.<br /><br />Swachh Survekshan was launched by the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry to encourage healthy competition among cities in maintaining cleanliness.<br /><br />The first survey was conducted in 2016, and it ranked 73 major cities. While Mysuru won the award for the cleanest city of India in the first edition of the survey, Indore has retained the top position for three consecutive years subsequently (2017,2018 and 2019).<br /><br />Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Swachh Bharat Mission in 2014 with the aim to make India clean and free of open defecation.</p>
