Swachh Survekshan 2022

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• Indore has been adjudged the cleanest city of India for the sixth year in a row, while Madhya Pradesh is the cleanest state in the country.
• Surat is the second cleanest city and Navi Mumbai comes a close third in the category of cities with a population more than a lakh.
• Visakhapatnam was adjudged the fourth cleanest city in the country (In over 10 lakh population category).
• In the population category of less than one lakh, Panchgani and Karad from Maharashtra bagged the first and third positions respectively, while Patan from Chhattisgarh bagged the second position.
• Tirupati received the best city award in Safai Mitra Suraksha category, while Haridwar in Uttarakhand received the award for the best Ganga town in more than one lakh population cities.
• Bijnor ranked first among Ganga towns with less than one lakh population, followed by Kannauj and Garhmukhteshwar.
• Maharashtra’s Deolali was adjudged the country’s cleanest Cantonment Board.
• Shivamogga in Karnataka received the fast mover city award.
• Tripura got the cleanest State award in the “less than 100 urban local bodies category”.

Source : The Hindu