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.
| Rank | City | State/UT |
| 1 | Mysore | Karnataka |
| 2 | Chandigarh | Chandigarh |
| 3 | Tiruchirapalli | Tamil Nadu |
| 4 | New Delhi Municipal Corporation | New Delhi |
| 5 | Visakhapatnam | Andhra Pradesh |
| 6 | Surat | Gujarat |
| 7 | Rajkot | Gujarat |
| 8 | Gangtok | Sikkim |
| 9 | Pimpri-Chinchwad | Maharashtra |
| 10 | Greater Mumbai | Mumbai |
Here is the list of bottom 10 cities
| Rank | City | State/UT |
| 64 | Kalyan Dombivili | Maharashtra |
| 65 | Varanasi | Jharkhand |
| 66 | Jamshedpur | Jharkhand |
| 67 | Ghaziabad | UP |
| 68 | Raipur | Chattisgarh |
| 69 | Meerut | UP |
| 70 | Patna | Bihar |
| 71 | Itanagar | Arunachal Pradesh |
| 72 | Asansol | West Bengal |
| 73 | Dhanbad | Jharkhand |
- 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).
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