Cleanliness ranks of Indian cities, districts: 2023
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SWACHH: INDORE TOPS AGAIN, MCD RANKS 90TH
Barring the 1st year, when Mysuru was adjudged cleanest city, Indore has topped all subsequent Survekshan rankings (7 years in row). This year (2023), it shares honours with Surat, once known for its plague outbreak
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7th Spot For NDMC, Unified MCD At 90th
SWACHH INDEX: Legacy Waste Costs Civic Body
Vibha Sharma New Delhi : New Delhi Municipal Council secured the seventh rank among cities with a population of over one lakh in the Swachh Survekshan rankings for 2023. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi, also in the same 446-city category, was placed at the 90th spot.
The cities were judged on segregation of waste at source, processing and disposal of waste, non-utilisation of single-use plastic, safety of sanitation workers and implementation of the principles of ‘reduce, reuse, recycle’. This year’s Swachh Survekshan rankings were judged in two categories of cities with a population below one lakh and cities with a population over one lakh. Last year, the assessments were of cities with 1-10 lakh population (382 cities) and cities with over 10 lakh population (45 cities). In 2022, NDMC, in the first category, had secured the third rank, while the three municipal bodies of Delhi — south, east and north corporations — were in the second category and placed, respectively, 28th, 34th and 37th.
On Thursday, NDMC chairman Amit Yadav congratulated the employees after receiving the award for the cleanest city in a Union territory while getting an overall seventh rank. “We moved two ranks up from 2022,” Yadav said, “but we need to continue with dedication and focus to improve all-round civic services. The accolade is a testament to NDMC's holistic approach to waste management, public awareness campaigns and innovative initiatives that have significantly contributed to the city's overall cleanliness.”
An NDMC official said, “If our overall score of 6,550 out of 7,500 marks in 2022 is compared with this year’s score of 8,728 out of 9,500 among the cities in the over 1 lakh population category, we have actually performed much better this year. Among 4354 urban local bodies in Swachh Survekshan 2022, NDMC’s rank was 9th” Satish Upadhyay, NDMC vice-chairman, said that the civic body aimed to provide world-class amenities to the residents of New Delhi. “We also played an important role in organising an important international event like the G20 Summit,” he added.
NDMC scored 99% for door-to -door collection of waste, 87% for segregation at source, 100% for waste processing, 100% for remediation at dumpsites, 93% for cleanliness of markets and residential areas, 100% for sanitation at public toilets and 100% for cleanliness of waterbodies.
While the reunification of MCD makes comparison with the previous years’ performances difficult, the 90th rank, with a score of 6,114.7 out of 9,500, isn’t impressive. The cleanliness of markets and residential areas in Delhi were determined to be below average, scoring just 59%. And while 86% of the garbage generated is properly processed every day, biomining and remediation of legacy waste at the three landfills got MCD only 38%. The cleanliness of public toilets was assessed at 97%.
There were some questions raised about the marks obtained. Door-to-door collection of waste rated just 71% but segregation of waste at source was determined to be 100%, leading Ravi Agarwal of Toxics Link, an NGO working on environmental poisoning, to comment, “When 100% segregation of garbage at source is being done, how is only 71% door-to-door collection accomplished?”
Agarwal also remarked, “With so many unauthorised and regularised colonies, it is difficult to believe there’s 100% segregation of garbage at source. The figure of 97% for public toilet cleanliness is also doubtful because the people report the opposite experience. I don’t know on what basis these ratings were done.”
Ranking, city-wise
Indore ranked cleanest city for 7th time, shares spot with Surat
Bottom 10 Areas From Bengal, Which Took Part In Survey For 1st Time
Dipak.Dash@timesgroup.com
New Delhi : Indore and Surat emerged as the cleanest cities in India while Howrah was the dirtiest among cities and municipal areas having more than one lakh population, according to the annual urban cleanliness rankings for 2023 released on Thursday. While Indore made it to the top of the list for the seventh time in a row, Surat emerged as the joint winner with the same score for the first time since the ranking at national level started in 2016.
As per the survey, the bottom 10 municipal areas in the one lakh-plus population category cities and municipal areas were from West Bengal. This was for the first time cities and urban local bodies (ULBs) of West Bengal participated in this exercise. Except Kolkata and Bhatpara, the remaining eight municipal areas scored less than 1,000 out of the maximum score of 10,000. Shillong in Meghalaya and Bihar’s Khagaria and Sitamarhi also occupied bottom spots.
The emergence of Surat as the cleanest city shows how it has come a long way from being one of the dirtiest cities that saw the epidemic of plague nearly three decades back. Indore’s leapfrogging to cleanest city in 2017 from 25th rank in 2016 and maintaining that position for seven years is an indication that once people embrace cleanliness, it can become a part of their lives.
The results of Swachh Suvekshan 2023 were released by President Droupadi Murmu. She said about one-third of India’s population lives in urban areas and cleanliness of cities and towns is essential for their health and development. She lauded the efforts of all states, ULBs and citizens for taking steps for moving ahead on the path of prosperity through cleanliness. “Participation of citizens and all stakeholders is essential to maintain the achievements of cleanliness mission,” she said.
In this survey, the cities, towns and ULBs were put under two categories based on population — more than one lakh and less than one lakh. In the more than one lakh category, 446 cities and municipal areas were ranked, while 3,970 towns and municipal areas were covered under the less than one lakh category. Ths survey covered 4,477 cities and ULBs— the highest ever. Under the first category, Navi Mumbai emerged as the third cleanest city followed by Visakhapatnam, Bhopal, Vijayawada and the NDMC area of Delhi. In the less than one lakh population category, Sasvad in Maharashtra got the top rank, followed by Patan in Chhattisgarh and Lonavala in Maharashtra. Four out of the top five cities in this category were from Maharashtra. The bottom five towns in this ranking were from Nagaland.
Among the Ganga towns, Varanasi and Prayagraj won the top two awards and the cleanest cantonments award went to Mhow and Deolali. Chandigarh walked away with the award for “Best Safaimitra Surakshit Sheher” for putting in place the best ecosystem to protect the manpower engaged in cleanliness tasks.
Among states, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh emerged as the cleanest. Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Rajasthan and Nagaland were the least clean.
See also
Cleanliness ranks of Indian cities, districts: 2014-15
Cleanliness ranks of Indian cities, districts: 2016
Cleanliness ranks of Indian cities, districts: 2017
Cleanliness ranks of Indian cities, districts: 2018
Cleanliness ranks of Indian cities, districts: 2019
Cleanliness ranks of Indian cities, districts: 2020
Cleanliness ranks of Indian cities, districts: 2021
