Indore tops Swachh Survekshan for 8th year
Ahmedabad has been declared the cleanest city in the one-million population category in the Swachh Survekshan 2024–25 Awards, announced on Thursday. It scored 12,079 points out of a total of 12,500, outperforming Bhopal (12,067 points), Lucknow (12,001), Raipur, and Jabalpur.
Indore has once again emerged as India’s cleanest city, securing the top spot for the eighth consecutive year. Indore has now been elevated to the newly created Super Swachh League (SSL), along with other consistent top performers: Surat, Navi Mumbai, and Vijayawada.
President Droupadi Murmu conferred the Swachh Survekshan 2024–25 Award at a function held at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi, where Surat and Navi Mumbai followed Indore in second and third positions, respectively. Indore’s exceptional performance also placed it at the top of the Super Swachh League, a new category recognising cities that have ranked in the top three over the last three years and remain in the top 20% of their category. Twenty-three cities were included in this elite league.
Municipal Commissioner Shivam Verma led Indore’s delegation at the ceremony. The city has earned national recognition for its strong public participation, effective waste segregation and disposal, and sustained cleanliness initiatives. “Indore disposes of 100 per cent of household waste, which is first segregated and then fully processed,” the government noted. “Proper cleanliness is maintained in toilets, and the city has eliminated open defecation. It has installed dustbins every 50 meters, and roads are cleaned at night, even during festivals.”
Other cities performed commendably too. Hyderabad (11,805 points), Pimpri Chinchwad (11,782), and Pune (11,653) secured the sixth, seventh, and eighth positions. In contrast, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi received 7,920 points (31st rank), Mumbai 7,419 (33rd), Bengaluru 6,842 (36th), and Chennai 6,822 (38th).
In the 3–10 lakh population category, Noida emerged as the cleanest city, followed by Chandigarh and Mysuru. Cities such as Ujjain, Gandhinagar, Guntur, and Mysuru were also included in the Super Swachh League for this category.
In the 50,000–3 lakh population category, New Delhi Municipal Council, Ambikapur, Lonavala, and Tirupati were selected for the SSL. Among smaller cities, Vita (Maharashtra) won in the 20,000–50,000 population category, while Panchgani topped among cities with a population of less than 20,000.
Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced a one-year Accelerated Dumpsite Remediation Programme starting August 15, 2025. “This will fast-track legacy waste clearance and enhance scientific processing capacity,” he said. He also launched the “Swachh City Partnership” initiative, under which 78 top-performing cities will mentor one underperforming city each, guided by the “each one, teach one” principle.
This year’s awards, the ninth edition since 2016, covered over 4,500 cities compared to just 73 in the inaugural year. Over 14 crore citizens participated via surveys and mobile apps. More than 3,000 assessors conducted 45-day inspections across 11 lakh households. The assessment focused on 10 parameters and 54 indicators under the theme “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle,” solidifying the Swachh Survekshan as the world’s largest urban cleanliness survey.
Jalukie town has been recognised as the ‘Promising Swachh Shehar (Clean City)’ of Nagaland under the State-Level Awards category at the Swachh Survekshan 2024–25 Awards held at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, and hosted by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) on Thursday.
Jalukie was among 34 cities across various states and union territories selected for the ‘Promising Swachh Shehar of State/UT’ distinction, based on demonstrated improvements in sanitation, waste management, and citizen participation.
Jalukie falls under the Very Small Cities (<20,000 population) category. However, although it ranked first in Nagaland, it stood at 1922 nationally.
No ULB in Nagaland received the ODF++ certification. Jalukie, along with Longleng, Phek, Pfutsero, Chümoukedima, and Dimapur, were the only ULBs to receive the ODF+ certification. No ULB in the state received any Garbage Free City rating. All ULBs in Nagaland received poor recognition in door-to-door (D2D) garbage collection, segregation, and processing.
Meanwhile, Mokokchung was ranked 28th among the 39 ULBs in Nagaland and 1577 at the national level.