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Mysuru sat at top in Swachh Survekshan 2016

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Minister of Urban Development M.Venkaiah Naidu released the results of “Swachh Survekshan-2016” of 73 major cities that were surveyed for sanitation last month.

  • As per results, Mysuru led the list as the cleanest city in the country while Dhanbad has been ranked at the bottom.

Mysuru sat at top in Swachh Survekshan 2016Here is the list of top 10 cities

RankCityState/UT
1MysoreKarnataka
2ChandigarhChandigarh
3TiruchirapalliTamil Nadu
4New Delhi Municipal CorporationNew Delhi
5VisakhapatnamAndhra Pradesh
6SuratGujarat
7RajkotGujarat
8GangtokSikkim
9Pimpri-ChinchwadMaharashtra
10Greater MumbaiMumbai

Here is the list of bottom 10 cities

RankCityState/UT
64Kalyan DombiviliMaharashtra
65VaranasiJharkhand
66JamshedpurJharkhand
67GhaziabadUP
68RaipurChattisgarh
69MeerutUP
70PatnaBihar
71ItanagarArunachal Pradesh
72AsansolWest Bengal
73DhanbadJharkhand

  • Out of 73 cities surveyed, 32 have improved ranks since the last survey including 17 from the North. 6 from the West, 5 from the South and 2 each from the East and North-East.

About Swachh Bharat campaign
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is a national campaign by the Government of India, covering 4,041 statutory cities and towns, to clean the streets, roads and infrastructure of the country.

  • It was launched by the PM Narendra Modi.
  • Swachh Bharat Abhiyan replaced Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA).