- Mhow Cantonment Board in Madhya Pradesh has got the top rank in the category of cleanest cantonment boards
- Saswad in Maharashtra got the cleanest city award for urban centres with less than 1 lakh population
- Patan in Chattisgarh and Lonavla in Maharashtra were the second and third cleanest cities
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NEW DELHI, JAN 11
Indore and Surat were declared the joint cleanest cities of India as part of the Swachh Survekshan Awards presented by President Draupadi Murmu on Thursday.
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Navi Mumbai retained the third position in the Central government’s annual cleanliness survey, the results of which were announced Thursday.
Speaking at the Swachh Survekshan awards event in New Delhi, President Droupadi Murmu said that if we deeply understand the concept of value from waste, it becomes clear that everything is valuable and nothing is waste.https://t.co/l5hs7J7Vmb pic.twitter.com/goP4l8zTyw
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In the ‘best-performing states’ category in ‘Swachh Survekshan Awards 2023′, Maharashtra bagged the top spot, followed by Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
President Droupadi Murmu gave away the awards to the winners at an event held here. Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and others attended the event.
Speaking on the occasion, the President said that the Swachh Survekshan conducted with wide participation is an important step towards raising the level of cleanliness. She appreciated all for moving forward on the path of ‘Cleanliness to Prosperity’. She was happy to note that cleanliness campaigns are creating opportunities for economic self-reliance of women.
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The President said that our Safai Mitras have been the frontline soldiers of our cleanliness campaign. She was happy to note that effective steps are being taken to ensure the safety, dignity and welfare of Safai Mitras. She said that only by eliminating manholes through mechanized cleaning and achieving the goal of sanitation through machine-holes we will be able to establish our true identity as a sensitive society.
The President was happy to note that emphasis is being laid on circularity in waste management in the second phase of Swachh Bharat Mission. She said that the circular economy’s methods of recycling and reusing more and more goods are proving helpful for sustainable development. She expressed confidence that such a system will prove to be very useful in the field of waste management also.
Indore bagged the cleanest city title for the seventh time in a row.
According to the survey results, Maharashtra’s Sasvad got the cleanest city award among all cities with less than 1 lakh population.
Chhattisgarh’s Patan and Lonavala in Maharashtra got the second and third positions in this category, respectively.
Varanasi is the best and cleanest Ganga town, followed by Prayagraj.
Mhow Cantonment Board in Madhya Pradesh has got the top rank in the category of cleanest cantonment boards.
The exercise acts as a competition among towns and cities to improve their cleanliness, waste management service delivery to citizens.
Officials at the MoHUA said that the primary goal of Swachh Survekshan was to encourage large-scale citizen participation and create awareness amongst all sections of society about the importance of working together towards making towns and cities better places to reside in.
According to the data, 4,447 urban local bodies participated in the Swachh Survekshan 2023 and 12 core citizen responses were received. The government claims it to be the world’s largest cleanliness survey.
