NEW DELHI: Navi Mumbai bagged the cleanest city award in the 10th edition of Centre’s annual cleanliness survey, marking a change at the top after Indore dominated for eight consecutive years. Surat and Vijayawada were ranked the second and third cleanest cities, while Madhya Pradesh’s Rewa was declared the cleanest riverfront town and Uttarakhand’s Rudrapur emerged as the cleanest Himalayan city.President Droupadi Murmu conferred the Swachh Survekshan Awards 2025-26. Madhya Pradesh led the states by winning nine awards at the national level for its cities under the cleanliness and sanitation category. Indore, which was so far the cleanest city, was placed in a different category this year, securing second position in the Mentor City category along with its partner town Depalpur, under the newly introduced ‘Swachh Shehar Jodi’ initiative.
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Survey: Rudrapur is cleanest Himalayan cityGreater Visakhapatnam secured the first position, followed by Jabalpur and Lucknow, among cities with population of more than 10 lakh, under the Swachh Survekshan Awards 2025-26.Among cities with a population of 50,000 to three lakh, Dewas got the top rank, followed by New Delhi Municipal Council and Sagar. Vita in Maharashtra topped the 20,000-50,000 population category.Minister Manohar Lal said the full list of scores will be out soon. The survey also recognised cities for their performance in specialised categories. MP’s Rewa topped the cleanest riverfront towns category, followed by Bilaspur and Varanasi. In the Swachh Coastal Town category, Odisha’s Puri secured the first position. While Rudrapur was the cleanest Himalayan city, Jammu secured the second rank.
