Cleanliness ranks of Indian cities, districts: 2020

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State-wise, the cleanest and dirtiest cities

August 21, 2020: The Times of India

Swachh Survekshan 2020: State-wise cleanest and dirtiest cities

NEW DELHI: Indore has been adjudged as the cleanest city of India for the fourth time in a row in the Swachh Survekshan awards 2020 announced by the Union housing and urban affairs minister Hardeep Singh Puri. While Gujarat's Surat takes second spot, Navi Mumbai ranks third in the category of cities with more than 10 lakh population.

On the other hand, Bihar's Patna has emerged as the most dirtiest city. Even in the category of smaller cities too, the state has fared poorly with several of its cities like Gaya and Buxar making at the bottom of the rankings. As many as 1.9 crore citizens gave their feedback for a survey that covered a total of 4242 cities.

Here's a look at the cleanest and dirtiest cities across various states in two categories: cities with a population of less than 10 lakh and cities with a population of over 10 lakh.

Cleanest cities	Dirtiest cities
Andhra Pradesh	Vijayawada	Visakhapatnam
Bihar		Patna
Chhattisgarh	Raipur
Delhi	South Delhi (SDMC)	East Delhi (EDMC)
	North Delhi (NDMC)
Gujarat	Surat	Vadodara
	Ahmedabad	Rajkot
Haryana		Faridabad
Jharkhand	Ranchi	Dhanbad
Karnataka	Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Madhya Pradesh	Indore	Jabalpur
	Bhopal	Gwalior
Maharashtra	Navi Mumbai	Greater Mumbai
	Nashik	Vasai Virar
Punjab	Ludhiana	Amritsar
Rajasthan	Jaipur	Kota
	Jodhpur
Tamil Nadu	Coimbatore	Chennai
	Madhurai
Telangana	Greater Hyderabad
UP	Lucknow	Meerut
	Agra	Varanasi