Nagpur: As the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has failed to improve its performance, Nagpur slipped to 86th rank in the list of cleanest cities in India in Swachh Survekshan-2023. However, the low rank for Nagpur can be attributed to the fact that the city has been put under over one lakh population category.
In the Swachh Survekshan-2022, Nagpur was ranked 27th, out of the 47 cities (above 10 lakh population category).
Indore and Surat were adjudged the ‘cleanest cities’ in the country while Navi Mumbai retained the third position in the Central Government’s annual cleanliness survey, the results of which were announced on Thursday.
Chandigarh won the award for the city having the best safety standards for sanitation workers — Safaimitra Surakshit Shehar. Varanasi was named the cleanest “Ganga Town”.
In the category of ‘best performing states’ in ‘Swachh Survekshan Awards 2023’, Maharashtra bagged the top rank, followed by Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
Indore bagged the cleanest city title for the seventh time in a row.
The annual awards were launched in 2016 as a part of the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban. The 2023 awards covered 4,416 urban local bodies, 61 cantonments and 88 Ganga towns. According to the Ministry, 1.58 crore online citizen feedback and 19.82 lakh face-to-face views were received as a part of the ranking exercise.
