India's clean air rankings are out: Lucknow, Rourkela & Kalinga Nagar emerge at the top; see which cities made the list & which landed at the bottomLucknow, Rourkela, and Kalinga Nagar received awards for their clean air initiatives. These cities were honored for their performance under...
07 Sep, 2026, 10.22 PM IST
Super contamination league jolts Indore locality's residentsIndore, a recent entrant to the elite Super Swachh League, faces scrutiny after a tragedy claimed 10 lives due to contaminated water. The i...
02 Jan, 2026, 11.22 PM IST
Swachh Survekshan 2023: Here are 10 dirtiest cities in India and all are in West BengalCuriously, West Bengal houses all ten cities with populations over 100,000 ranked as the dirtiest in India. Indore in Madhya Pradesh has cl...
14 Jan, 2024, 07.17 AM IST
Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2022 awards: Telangana wins first prizeThe Swachh Survekshan Gramin-2022 award ranks states and districts on the basis of their performance attained on key quantitative and quali...
02 Oct, 2022, 03.41 PM IST
Indore adjudged cleanest city for 6th time in a row, Surat retains 2nd positionThe 7th edition of Swachh Survekshan was conducted to study the progress of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) and rank the Urban Local Bodi...
01 Oct, 2022, 05.44 PM IST
Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Puri launches 'Swachh Survekshan 2022'In a statement, the ministry said that this year's survey will create a level playing field for smaller cities by introducing two populatio...
27 Sep, 2021, 05.17 PM IST
Cleanliness survey for villages across India to be launched on ThursdayThe ODF Plus is an extension of the ODF programme under the Swachch Bharat Mission. Its objective is to sustain the ODF programme and to ta...
08 Sep, 2021, 06.25 PM IST
Indore bags the title of cleanest city for fourth time in a rowSurat & Navi Mumbai bagged the second and third spot respectively.
21 Aug, 2020, 09.38 AM IST
PM Modi to announce results of cleanliness survey 'Swachh Survekshan 2020' on Thursday'Swachh Survekshan 2020', which was completed in 28 days, saw registration of 1.7 crore citizens on Swachhata App, over 11 crore impression...
18 Aug, 2020, 04.22 PM IST
Government launches 'Swachh Survekshan 2021'; states also to be rankedAccording to the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry, state ranking will also be announced under the survey, to be measured based on their f...
03 Jul, 2020, 06.27 PM IST
Swachh survey every quarter now to avoid last-minute temporary cleaning by citiesThe Swachh Survekshan League has been launched with the aim of sustaining the on-ground performance of cities along with continuous monitor...
07 Jun, 2019, 08.11 AM IST
BBMP not keen on next swachh surveyIn fact, BBMP's citizen feedback score (619 out of 1,400) is less than the national average, indicating citizens' discontent with the city'...
28 Jun, 2018, 12.08 PM IST
Clean city award reaffirms MP's commitment for cleanliness: Shivraj Singh ChouhanAccording to the 'Swachh Survekshan-2017' announced Naidu today, Indore became the cleanest city in India, while Bhopal bagged the second p...
04 May, 2017, 10.29 PM IST
People in cities laud new toilets, garbage collectionOut of 18 Lakh people surveyed across 500 cities, 80% satisfied with the door-to-door garbage collection.
02 May, 2017, 02.01 AM IST
Sikkim adjudged cleanest state by 'Swachh Survekshan Gramin 2016' reportSikkim scored 100 per cent marks on a scale of 100 in the ranking given on the basis of using household/community toilet out of household h...
13 Sep, 2016, 02.56 PM IST
Swachh Bharat Mission should become a jan andolan: Venkaiah NaiduThe 500 cities to be ranked in this round of the survey account for about 70 per cent of the urban population in the country.
06 Aug, 2016, 05.39 PM IST
Government commissions QCI for Swachh Bharat Mission report cardThe Ministry of Urban Development has commissioned Quality Council of India (QCI) to do an extensive survey on the progress of Swachh Bhara...
09 Jan, 2016, 03.02 PM IST