Mysuru in Karnataka is the cleanest city in the country while Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, occupies fifth rank in top 10 clean cities of India . Dhanbad in Jharkhand stood at the bottom of 73 major cities surveyed for sanitation scenario last month.
Results of ‘Swachh Survekshan-2016’ were released by the Minister of Urban Development M.Venkaiah Naidu in New Delhi Monday.
53 cities with a population of above ten lakhs each and 22 capitals that do not have that much population were selected for the survey. NOIDA and Kolkata desired to participate in the next round of survey.
The top 10 cities in terms of sanitation and hygiene in order of rank are:
Mysuru, Chandigarh, Tiruchirapalli (Tamil Nadu), New Delhi Municipal Council (Delhi), Visakhapatnam(Andhra Pradesh), Surat, Rajkot ( Gujarat), Gangtok (Sikkim), Pimpri Chindwad and Greater Mumbai(Maharashtra).
Visakhapatnam,Surat and Rajkot and Gangtok improved their ranks to break into top 10 clean cities in this year’s survey.
The bottom 10 cities are : Kalyan Dombivili (Maharshtra-ranked 64), Varanasi, Jamshedpur (Jharkhand), Ghaziabad (UP), Raipur (Chattisgarh), Meerut (UP), Patna (Bihar), Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh), Asansol (West Bengal) and Dhanbad, ranked 73.
Last cleanliness survey was conducted in 2014 among 476 cities with a population of one lakh and above, and the results were announced last year. This survey was done before the launch of Swachh Bharat Mission by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in October last year. From the results of 2014 survey which was based on a large number of parameters, 476 cities were ranked based on their performance with regard to the components of Swachh Bharat Mission like construction of toilets, solid waste management and independent observation. This enabled comparison of results of both the surveys for assessing the impact of Swachh Bharat Mission.
Top 10 cities which moved down in ranks in 2016 are: Jamshedpur, Kochi, Shillong, Chennai, Guwahati, Asansol, Bengaluru, Ranchi, Kalyan Dombivili and Nashik. While Jamshedpur moved down this year by 53 ranks, Nashik slipped by 23 ranks.
