THE BIG STORY
Indore again tops Swachh rankings, Surat joint first
Indore and Surat were jointly declared the cleanest cities in India in the Swachh Survekshan Awards-2023, presented by President Droupadi Murmu at the Bharat Mandapam on Thursday. This was the seventh time in a row that Indore won the accolade, and the first that Surat got the pole position, although shared.
Navi Mumbai, which came third in last year’s competition, retained its position.
On the other end of the spectrum, three of the lowest-ranked cities in the million-plus population category were in West Bengal: Haora (Howrah) at the bottom, with Asansol and Kolkata following closely as the worst-performing cities on the cleanliness indicators. Faridabad, in Haryana, and Madurai, Tamil Nadu, were the fourth- and fifth-worst cities on the list. Read more.
