Cleanliness ranks of Indian cities, districts: 2017
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Sanitation Rankings of Cities, Towns/ Swachh Survekshan 2017
Swachh Survekshan 2017: Cleanest Cities In Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh- 10 Facts
Swachh Survekshan 2017: Gujarat has 12 cities among the top 50 cleanest cities.
NEW DELHI: Indore in Madhya Pradesh is India's cleanest city and Gonda in Uttar Pradesh is the dirtiest, the government said today as it revealed the "Swachh Survekshan" survey scoring cities on various counts related to cleanliness and sanitation. Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu said the rankings are on the basis of feedback taken from people in 434 cities. States like Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh are among the best performing, he said. Uttar Pradesh has the most number of cities named among the dirtiest.
Here are the top 10 developments of the story
Gujarat has maximum of 12 cities among the top 50 cleanest, followed by Madhya Pradesh with 11 and Andhra Pradesh with eight.
Four of the dirtiest cities are in Uttar Pradesh and 50 of the state's towns are ranked 305 and below.
The only Uttar Pradesh city that is in the list of India's cleanest is Varanasi, which is Prime Minister Narendra Modi's constituency. It has ranked 32.
The worst cities are from Bihar, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Maharashtra.
In Bihar, the other poor performer among states, 19 of 27 cities and towns are ranked beyond 300 and 15 are in the bottom 100.
In Rajasthan, 18 of 29 cities surveyed are ranked beyond 300 and 13 are among the bottom 100.
Venkaiah Naidu said Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh did well in sanitation rankings, but Jharkhand and Chattisgarh were the major success stories.
Bhusawal in Maharashtra has been ranked as the second most dirty city, while Bihar's Bagaha places third and Uttar Pradesh's Hardoi is fourth.
The other Uttar Pradesh places that feature in the list of unclean towns and cities of India are Bahraich (sixth), Shahjahanpur (ninth) and Khurja (10th).
Bihar's Katihar is the fifth dirtiest city. Two places in Punjab, Muktsar (seventh) and Abohar (eighth) are also in the 10 most unclean cities.
Results and conclusions, 2017
Results and conclusions of Swachh Suvekshan-2017
-Top 10 clean cities of India in 2017 are : Indore -1, Bhopa-2, Visakhapatnam-3, Surat-4, Mysuru-5, Tiruchirapally-6, New Delhi Municipal Council-7, Navi Mumbai-8, Tirupati-9 and Vadodara-10
-From the above, it reveals that 6 of the top 10 clean cities of 2017 viz., Indore, Bhopal, Visakhapatnam, Surat, Tirupati and Vadodara have improved their sanitation rankings in 2017 over the 2016 and 2014 rankings.
-Bottom 10 clean cities/towns of India in 2017 are: Gonda (UP)-434, Bhusawal (Maharashtra)-433, Bagaha (Bihar)-432, Hardoi (Uttarakhand)-431, Katihar (Bihar)-430, Bahraich (UP)-429, Muktsar (Punjab)-428, Abohar (Punjab)-427, Shahjahanpur (UP)- 426 and Khurja (UP)-425.
Four of the bottom 10 clean cities are from UP, two each from Bihar and Punjab and one each from Uttarakhand and Maharashtra.
These bottom 10 cities were not surveyed in 2016.
While Bagaha and Bahraich have improved their rankings from 2014, Shajahanpur remained stay put while the other 7 have slipped from 2014.
Composition of top and bottom 50 rankings:
-Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh account for 31 of the top 50 clean cities with 12 in Gujarat, 11 in MP and 8 in AP. Telangana and Tamil Nadu account for 4 cities each in top 50, followed by Maharashtra with 3.
Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, HP, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Sikkim and UP account for one city each in top 50 clean cities of the country.
While 14 States/UTs find a place among the top 50 clean cities, competition is not so much for a place in bottom 50, with UP alone accounting for 25 of the bottom 50 towns.
Rajasthan and Punjab have 5 towns each in the bottom 50, followed by Maharashtra-2 and one each from Haryana, Karnataka and Lakshadweep.
Out of the 62 cities and towns surveyed in UP in 2017, 41 of them figure among the bottom 100 cities/towns.
Surprises of 2017 Sanitation Survey:
Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh have emerged as the major success stories in Swachh Survekshan -2017.
While all the 9 cities/towns of Jharkhand surveyed in 2017 have substantially improved their rankings over that of 2016 and 2014, 7 of 8 in Chhattisgarh have achieved this feat.
So, while Gujarat, MP, Andhra Pradesh continued their good work scoring well in Sanitation Rankings of 2017, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh emerge as the major success stories given sanitation levels in 2016 and 2014 with substantial improvement.
Delhi
-NDMC and the three Municipal Corporations of East, South and North have significantly improved over 2014 Sanitation Rankings, Delhi Cantonment have reported substantial decline.
While East and South MCDs have improved over 2016 rankings, NDMC has slipped marginally.
Matters of concern:
UP: 50 of the 62 cities/towns surveyed in 2017 are ranked 305 and below among the 434 cities/towns surveyed. 41 cities and towns are among the bottom 100 cities. Varanasi is the only saving grace with a rank of 32.
Bihar: 19 of 27 cities and towns surveyed in 2017 are ranked beyond 300 with best rank in the State being 147 for Biharsharif. 15 of these 27 cities are among the bottom 100.
Rajasthan : 18 of 29 cities/towns surveyed in 2017 are ranked beyond 300 and 13 are among the bottom 100. Best Rank for the State being 171 for Bundi.
Kerala : Of the 9 cities surveyed in 2017, best rank for the State is 254 for Kozhikode (Calicut) and four are among the bottom 100.
Punjab: Of the 16 cities/towns surveyed in 2017, best rank for the State is 121 for SAS Nagar and 7 among the bottom 100 ranks.
Ranks 1-434: The complete list
Ranking |
City |
State |
1 |
Indore |
Madhya Pradesh |
2 |
Bhopal |
Madhya Pradesh |
3 |
Visakhapatnam (Vizag) |
Andhra Pradesh |
4 |
Surat |
Gujarat |
5 |
Mysuru (Mysore) |
Karnataka |
6 |
Tiruchirappalli (Trichy) |
Tamil Nadu |
7 |
New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) |
Delhi |
8 |
Navi Mumbai |
Maharashtra |
9 |
Tirupati |
Andhra Pradesh |
10 |
Vadodara |
Gujarat |
11 |
Chandigarh |
Chandigarh |
12 |
Ujjain |
Madhya Pradesh |
13 |
Pune |
Maharashtra |
14 |
Amdavad (Ahmedabad) |
Gujarat |
15 |
Ambikapur |
Chattisgarh |
16 |
Coimbatore |
Tamil Nadu |
17 |
Khargone |
Madhya Pradesh |
18 |
Rajkot (M. Corp) |
Gujarat |
19 |
Vijayawada |
Andhra Pradesh |
20 |
Gandhinagar (NA) |
Gujarat |
21 |
Jabalpur |
Madhya Pradesh |
22 |
Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) |
Telangana |
23 |
Sagar |
Madhya Pradesh |
24 |
Murwara (Katni) |
Madhya Pradesh |
25 |
Navsari |
Gujarat |
26 |
Vapi |
Gujarat |
27 |
Gwalior |
Madhya Pradesh |
28 |
Warangal |
Telangana |
29 |
Greater Mumbai |
Maharashtra |
30 |
Suryapet |
Telangana |
31 |
Tadipatri |
Andhra Pradesh |
32 |
Varanasi |
Uttar Pradesh |
33 |
Bhavnagar |
Gujarat |
34 |
Kalol |
Gujarat |
35 |
Jamnagar |
Gujarat |
36 |
Omkareshwar |
Madhya Pradesh |
37 |
Kumbakonam |
Tamil Nadu |
38 |
Rewa |
Madhya Pradesh |
39 |
Jetpur Navagadh |
Gujarat |
40 |
Narasaraopet |
Andhra Pradesh |
41 |
Chas |
Jharkhand |
42 |
Erode |
Tamil Nadu |
43 |
Kakinada |
Andhra Pradesh |
44 |
Tenali |
Andhra Pradesh |
45 |
Siddipet |
Telangana |
46 |
Rajahmundry |
Andhra Pradesh |
47 |
Shimla |
Himachal Pradesh |
48 |
Ratlam |
Madhya Pradesh |
49 |
Godhra |
Gujarat |
50 |
Gangtok |
Sikkim |
51 |
Singrauli |
Madhya Pradesh |
52 |
Junagadh |
Gujarat |
53 |
Chhindwara |
Madhya Pradesh |
54 |
Bhilai Nagar |
Chattisgarh |
55 |
Sehore |
Madhya Pradesh |
56 |
Shirdi (Shirdhi) |
Maharashtra |
57 |
Madurai |
Tamil Nadu |
58 |
Dewas |
Madhya Pradesh |
59 |
Hoshangabad |
Madhya Pradesh |
60 |
Bharuch |
Gujarat |
61 |
Pithampur |
Madhya Pradesh |
62 |
Tambaram |
Tamil Nadu |
63 |
Mangaluru (Mangalore) |
Karnataka |
64 |
Jamshedpur (NAC) |
Jharkhand |
65 |
Karnal |
Haryana |
66 |
Dwarka |
Gujarat |
67 |
Gandhidham |
Gujarat |
68 |
Tiruppur |
Tamil Nadu |
69 |
Nadiad |
Gujarat |
70 |
Ongole |
Andhra Pradesh |
71 |
Chittoor |
Andhra Pradesh |
72 |
Pimpri-Chinchwad |
Maharashtra |
73 |
Khandwa |
Madhya Pradesh |
74 |
Mandsaur |
Madhya Pradesh |
75 |
Satna |
Madhya Pradesh |
76 |
Chandrapur |
Maharashtra |
77 |
Korba |
Chattisgarh |
78 |
Betul |
Madhya Pradesh |
79 |
Botad |
Gujarat |
80 |
Nandyal |
Andhra Pradesh |
81 |
Giridih |
Jharkhand |
82 |
Hosur |
Tamil Nadu |
83 |
Machilipatnam |
Andhra Pradesh |
84 |
Velankani (Vellankanni) |
Tamil Nadu |
85 |
Durg |
Chattisgarh |
86 |
Eluru |
Andhra Pradesh |
87 |
Bhimavaram |
Andhra Pradesh |
88 |
Faridabad |
Haryana |
89 |
Ambarnath |
Maharashtra |
90 |
Panaji |
Goa |
91 |
Hazaribag |
Jharkhand |
92 |
Chhatarpur (Chhattarpur) |
Madhya Pradesh |
93 |
Guntakal |
Andhra Pradesh |
94 |
Bhubaneswar Town |
Odisha |
95 |
Palanpur |
Gujarat |
96 |
Morbi |
Gujarat |
97 |
Tadepalligudem |
Andhra Pradesh |
98 |
Bhuj |
Gujarat |
99 |
Mehsana |
Gujarat |
100 |
Leh |
Jammu and Kashmir |
101 |
Veraval |
Gujarat |
102 |
Deoghar |
Jharkhand |
103 |
Anand |
Gujarat |
104 |
Raigarh |
Chattisgarh |
105 |
Aizawl (NT) |
Mizoram |
106 |
Dindigul |
Tamil Nadu |
107 |
Chilakaluripet |
Andhra Pradesh |
108 |
Vellore |
Tamil Nadu |
109 |
Dhanbad |
Jharkhand |
110 |
Karaikkudi |
Tamil Nadu |
111 |
Patan |
Gujarat |
112 |
Gurugram (Gurgaon) |
Haryana |
113 |
Pudukkottai |
Tamil Nadu |
114 |
Nagda |
Madhya Pradesh |
115 |
Solapur |
Maharashtra |
116 |
Thane |
Maharashtra |
117 |
Ranchi |
Jharkhand |
118 |
Guntur |
Andhra Pradesh |
119 |
Srikakulam |
Andhra Pradesh |
120 |
Deesa |
Gujarat |
121 |
S.A.S. Nagar |
Punjab |
122 |
Imphal |
Manipur |
123 |
Amreli |
Gujarat |
124 |
Dhule |
Maharashtra |
125 |
Rajapalayam |
Tamil Nadu |
126 |
Vizianagaram |
Andhra Pradesh |
127 |
Kancheepuram |
Tamil Nadu |
128 |
Bhind |
Madhya Pradesh |
129 |
Raipur |
Chattisgarh |
130 |
Mira-Bhayandar |
Maharashtra |
131 |
Mango (NAC) |
Jharkhand |
132 |
Bathinda |
Punjab |
133 |
Proddatur |
Andhra Pradesh |
134 |
Guwahati |
Assam |
135 |
Salem |
Tamil Nadu |
136 |
Neemuch |
Madhya Pradesh |
137 |
Nagpur |
Maharashtra |
138 |
Burhanpur |
Madhya Pradesh |
139 |
Vasai Virar City |
Maharashtra |
140 |
Ludhiana |
Punjab |
141 |
Ichalkaranji |
Maharashtra |
142 |
Valsad |
Gujarat |
143 |
Udupi |
Karnataka |
144 |
Adityapur |
Jharkhand |
145 |
Aligarh |
Uttar Pradesh |
146 |
Biharsharif |
Bihar |
147 |
Shivamogga (Shimoga) |
Karnataka |
148 |
Mandya |
Karnataka |
149 |
Dharmavaram |
Andhra Pradesh |
150 |
Surendranagar Dudhrej |
Gujarat |
151 |
Nashik |
Maharashtra |
152 |
Tumakuru (Tumkur) |
Karnataka |
153 |
Gondal |
Gujarat |
154 |
Kadapa |
Andhra Pradesh |
155 |
Pallavaram |
Tamil Nadu |
156 |
Gudivada |
Andhra Pradesh |
157 |
Satara |
Maharashtra |
158 |
Kulgaon Badlapur (Badlapur) |
Maharashtra |
159 |
Kavali |
Andhra Pradesh |
160 |
Hindupur |
Andhra Pradesh |
161 |
Nagaon |
Assam |
162 |
Jalgaon |
Maharashtra |
163 |
Seoni |
Madhya Pradesh |
164 |
Rajnandgaon |
Chattisgarh |
165 |
Nellore |
Andhra Pradesh |
166 |
Jhansi |
Uttar Pradesh |
167 |
Gadag Betageri |
Karnataka |
168 |
Raurkela |
Odisha |
169 |
Avadi |
Tamil Nadu |
170 |
Panvel |
Maharashtra |
171 |
Bundi |
Rajasthan |
172 |
Delhi Cantonment |
Delhi |
173 |
Vidisha |
Madhya Pradesh |
174 |
Nagercoil |
Tamil Nadu |
175 |
Kanpur |
Uttar Pradesh |
176 |
Kurnool |
Andhra Pradesh |
177 |
Kolhapur |
Maharashtra |
178 |
Nizamabad |
Telangana |
179 |
Bilaspur |
Chattisgarh |
180 |
Sikar |
Rajasthan |
181 |
Nandurbar |
Maharashtra |
182 |
Miryalaguda |
Telangana |
183 |
Ahmednagar |
Maharashtra |
184 |
Porbandar |
Gujarat |
185 |
Nagapattinam |
Tamil Nadu |
186 |
Pali |
Rajasthan |
187 |
Berhampur(Brahmapur Town) |
Odisha |
188 |
Pathankot |
Punjab |
189 |
Puducherry (Pondicherry) |
Puducherry |
190 |
Balasore(Baleshwar Town) |
Odisha |
191 |
Ramagundam |
Telangana |
192 |
Nanded Waghala |
Maharashtra |
193 |
Tirunelveli |
Tamil Nadu |
194 |
Puri Town |
Odisha |
195 |
Adilabad |
Telangana |
196 |
East Delhi Municipal Corporation |
Delhi |
197 |
Anantnag |
Jammu and Kashmir |
198 |
Thanjavur |
Tamil Nadu |
199 |
Hubli-Dharwad |
Karnataka |
200 |
Nalgonda |
Telangana |
201 |
Karimnagar |
Telangana |
202 |
South Delhi Municipal Corporation |
Delhi |
203 |
Bagalkote(Bagalkot) |
Karnataka |
204 |
Cuttack |
Odisha |
205 |
Morena |
Madhya Pradesh |
206 |
Ozhukarai |
Puducherry |
207 |
Ulhasnagar |
Maharashtra |
208 |
Kohima |
Nagaland |
209 |
Jodhpur |
Rajasthan |
210 |
Bruhat Bengaluru (BBMP) |
Karnataka |
211 |
Panchkula |
Haryana |
212 |
Bhilwara |
Rajasthan |
213 |
Ananthapuramu (Ananthapur) |
Andhra Pradesh |
214 |
Srikalahasti |
Andhra Pradesh |
215 |
Jaipur |
Rajasthan |
216 |
Itanagar |
Arunachal Pradesh |
217 |
Bhadravathi(Bhadravati) |
Karnataka |
218 |
Roorkee |
Uttarakhand |
219 |
Osmanabad |
Maharashtra |
220 |
Ranebennur (Ranibennur) |
Karnataka |
221 |
Port Blair |
Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
222 |
Ferozepur |
Punjab |
223 |
Thoothukudi (Thoothukkudi) |
Tamil Nadu |
224 |
Adoni |
Andhra Pradesh |
225 |
Chickamagaluru (Chikmagalur) |
Karnataka |
226 |
Ajmer |
Rajasthan |
227 |
Hassan |
Karnataka |
228 |
Shivpuri |
Madhya Pradesh |
229 |
Parbhani |
Maharashtra |
230 |
Yavatmal |
Maharashtra |
231 |
Amravati |
Maharashtra |
232 |
Jagdalpur |
Chattisgarh |
233 |
Jalandhar |
Punjab |
234 |
Kalyan-Dombivli |
Maharashtra |
235 |
Greater Chennai (Chennai) |
Tamil Nadu |
236 |
Khammam |
Telangana |
237 |
Sangli Miraj Kupwad |
Maharashtra |
238 |
Tiruvannamalai |
Tamil Nadu |
239 |
Malegaon |
Maharashtra |
240 |
Udgir |
Maharashtra |
241 |
Srinagar |
Jammu and Kashmir |
242 |
Damoh |
Madhya Pradesh |
243 |
Sonepat (Sonipat) |
Haryana |
244 |
Haridwar |
Uttarakhand |
245 |
Saharanpur |
Uttar Pradesh |
246 |
Jaunpur |
Uttar Pradesh |
247 |
Allahabad |
Uttar Pradesh |
248 |
Belagavi (Belgaum) |
Karnataka |
249 |
Mahabubnagar |
Telangana |
250 |
Cuddalore |
Tamil Nadu |
251 |
Jammu |
Jammu and Kashmir |
252 |
Ayodhya |
Uttar Pradesh |
253 |
Thanesar |
Haryana |
254 |
Kozhikode (Calicut) |
Kerala |
255 |
Gangapur City |
Rajasthan |
256 |
Kashipur |
Uttarakhand |
257 |
Kishanganj |
Bihar |
258 |
Amritsar |
Punjab |
259 |
Kullu |
Himachal Pradesh |
260 |
Dabra |
Madhya Pradesh |
261 |
Baripada Town |
Odisha |
262 |
Patna |
Bihar |
263 |
Agra |
Uttar Pradesh |
264 |
Silvassa (Silvasa) |
Dadra and Nagar Haveli |
265 |
Jind |
Haryana |
266 |
Guna |
Madhya Pradesh |
267 |
Ambur |
Tamil Nadu |
268 |
Rameswaram (Rameshwaram) |
Tamil Nadu |
269 |
Lucknow |
Uttar Pradesh |
270 |
Bettiah |
Bihar |
271 |
Kochi (Cochin) |
Kerala |
272 |
Hajipur |
Bihar |
273 |
Orai |
Uttar Pradesh |
274 |
Sirsa |
Haryana |
275 |
Bhagalpur |
Bihar |
276 |
Shillong |
Meghalaya |
277 |
Dimapur |
Nagaland |
278 |
Sasaram |
Bihar |
279 |
North Delhi Municipal Corporation |
Delhi |
280 |
Silchar |
Assam |
281 |
Madanapalle |
Andhra Pradesh |
282 |
Kaithal |
Haryana |
283 |
Ballari(Bellary) |
Karnataka |
284 |
Barnala |
Punjab |
285 |
Beawar |
Rajasthan |
286 |
Palakkad |
Kerala |
287 |
Barshi |
Maharashtra |
288 |
Davanagere |
Karnataka |
289 |
Datia |
Madhya Pradesh |
290 |
Agartala |
Tripura |
291 |
Hisar |
Haryana |
292 |
Jhunjhunu |
Rajasthan |
293 |
Bodh Gaya |
Bihar |
294 |
Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) |
Karnataka |
295 |
Rohtak |
Haryana |
296 |
Akola |
Maharashtra |
297 |
Dibrugarh |
Assam |
298 |
Bareilly |
Uttar Pradesh |
299 |
Aurangabad |
Maharashtra |
300 |
Sujangarh |
Rajasthan |
301 |
Chittorgarh(Chittaurgarh) |
Rajasthan |
302 |
Beed(Bid) |
Maharashtra |
303 |
Rewari |
Haryana |
304 |
Muzaffarpur |
Bihar |
305 |
Chandausi |
Uttar Pradesh |
306 |
Guruvayur |
Kerala |
307 |
Jehanabad |
Bihar |
308 |
Ambala Sadar (Ambala) |
Haryana |
309 |
Sultanpur |
Uttar Pradesh |
310 |
Udaipur |
Rajasthan |
311 |
Achalpur |
Maharashtra |
312 |
Vijayapura (Bijapur) |
Karnataka |
313 |
Wardha |
Maharashtra |
314 |
Gorakhpur |
Uttar Pradesh |
315 |
Bidar |
Karnataka |
316 |
Dehradun |
Uttarakhand |
317 |
Hosapete (Hospet) |
Karnataka |
318 |
Latur |
Maharashtra |
319 |
Bikaner |
Rajasthan |
320 |
Lalitpur |
Uttar Pradesh |
321 |
Moradabad |
Uttar Pradesh |
322 |
Sambalpur Town |
Odisha |
323 |
Hoshiarpur |
Punjab |
324 |
Thrissur (M.Corp) |
Kerala |
325 |
Rudrapur |
Uttarakhand |
326 |
Shamli |
Uttar Pradesh |
327 |
Buxar |
Bihar |
328 |
Raichur |
Karnataka |
329 |
Tonk |
Rajasthan |
330 |
Nainital |
Uttarakhand |
331 |
Loni |
Uttar Pradesh |
332 |
Hanumangarh |
Rajasthan |
333 |
Akbarpur |
Uttar Pradesh |
334 |
Dehri |
Bihar |
335 |
Panipat |
Haryana |
336 |
Etawah |
Uttar Pradesh |
337 |
Chitradurga |
Karnataka |
338 |
Deoria |
Uttar Pradesh |
339 |
Meerut |
Uttar Pradesh |
340 |
Diu |
Daman and Diu |
341 |
Kota |
Rajasthan |
342 |
Purnia |
Bihar |
343 |
Gondia |
Maharashtra |
344 |
Muzaffarnagar |
Uttar Pradesh |
345 |
Bhiwani |
Haryana |
346 |
Yamunanagar |
Haryana |
347 |
Robertson Pet |
Karnataka |
348 |
Motihari |
Bihar |
349 |
Bhadrak |
Odisha |
350 |
Daman |
Daman and Diu |
351 |
Ghaziabad |
Uttar Pradesh |
352 |
Mathura |
Uttar Pradesh |
353 |
Bahadurgarh |
Haryana |
354 |
Baran |
Rajasthan |
355 |
Hinganghat |
Maharashtra |
356 |
Darbhanga |
Bihar |
357 |
Aurangabad (Bihar) |
Bihar |
358 |
Sawai Madhopur |
Rajasthan |
359 |
Ganganagar |
Rajasthan |
360 |
Modinagar |
Uttar Pradesh |
361 |
Ballia |
Uttar Pradesh |
362 |
Gaya |
Bihar |
363 |
Malerkotla |
Punjab |
364 |
Alwar |
Rajasthan |
365 |
Kollam |
Kerala |
366 |
Kannur |
Kerala |
367 |
Hindaun |
Rajasthan |
368 |
Jalna |
Maharashtra |
369 |
Moga |
Punjab |
370 |
Maunath Bhanjan |
Uttar Pradesh |
371 |
Bharatpur |
Rajasthan |
372 |
Thiruvananthapuram |
Kerala |
373 |
Kolar |
Karnataka |
374 |
Pilibhit |
Uttar Pradesh |
375 |
Firozabad |
Uttar Pradesh |
376 |
Siwan |
Bihar |
377 |
Farrukhabad-cum-Fatehgarh |
Uttar Pradesh |
378 |
Sambhal |
Uttar Pradesh |
379 |
Mainpuri |
Uttar Pradesh |
380 |
Alappuzha (Alleppey) |
Kerala |
381 |
Gangawati |
Karnataka |
382 |
Mughalsarai |
Uttar Pradesh |
383 |
Faizabad |
Uttar Pradesh |
384 |
Nagaur |
Rajasthan |
385 |
Banda |
Uttar Pradesh |
386 |
Basti |
Uttar Pradesh |
387 |
Dhaulpur |
Rajasthan |
388 |
Badami |
Karnataka |
389 |
Mirzapur-cum-Vindhyachal |
Uttar Pradesh |
390 |
Arrah |
Bihar |
391 |
Dinapur Nizamat (Danapur) |
Bihar |
392 |
Bhiwandi-Nizampur(Bhiwandi) |
Maharashtra |
393 |
Amroha |
Uttar Pradesh |
394 |
Rae Bareli |
Uttar Pradesh |
395 |
Haldwani-cum-Kathgodam |
Uttarakhand |
396 |
Saharsa |
Bihar |
397 |
Palwal |
Haryana |
398 |
Azamgarh |
Uttar Pradesh |
399 |
Rampur |
Uttar Pradesh |
400 |
Khanna |
Punjab |
401 |
Shikohabad |
Uttar Pradesh |
402 |
Jhalawar |
Rajasthan |
403 |
Bhiwadi |
Rajasthan |
404 |
Begusarai |
Bihar |
405 |
Churu |
Rajasthan |
406 |
Etah |
Uttar Pradesh |
407 |
Sitapur |
Uttar Pradesh |
408 |
Hathras |
Uttar Pradesh |
409 |
Kasganj |
Uttar Pradesh |
410 |
Lakhimpur |
Uttar Pradesh |
411 |
Patiala |
Punjab |
412 |
Fatehpur |
Uttar Pradesh |
413 |
Ghazipur |
Uttar Pradesh |
414 |
Jamalpur |
Bihar |
415 |
Munger |
Bihar |
416 |
Kavaratti |
Lakshadweep |
417 |
Unnao |
Uttar Pradesh |
418 |
Batala |
Punjab |
419 |
Kishangarh |
Rajasthan |
420 |
Badaun(Budaun) |
Uttar Pradesh |
421 |
Baraut |
Uttar Pradesh |
422 |
Chapra |
Bihar |
423 |
Bulandshahr |
Uttar Pradesh |
424 |
Hapur |
Uttar Pradesh |
425 |
Khurja |
Uttar Pradesh |
426 |
Shahjahanpur |
Uttar Pradesh |
427 |
Abohar |
Punjab |
428 |
Muktsar |
Punjab |
429 |
Bahraich |
Uttar Pradesh |
430 |
Katihar |
Bihar |
431 |
Hardoi |
Uttar Pradesh |
432 |
Bagaha |
Bihar |
433 |
Bhusawal |
Maharashtra |
434 |
Gonda |
Uttar Pradesh |
The cleanliness cities of 2017, state-wise
S.No |
State/UT and no.of cities surveyed |
Cities/Towns with rankings |
1 |
Andaman and Nicobar Islands (1) |
Port Blair-221 |
2 |
Andhra Pradesh (32) |
Visakhapatnam-3, Tirupati-9, Vijayawada-19, Tadipatri-31, Narasaraopeta-40, Kakninada-43, Tenali-44, Rajahmundry-46, Ongole-70, Chittore-71, Nandyal-80, Machilipatnam-83,Eluru-86, Bhimavaram-87, Guntakal-93, Tadepallegudem-97, Chilakaluripeta-107, Guntur-118, Srikakulam-119, Vizianagaram-126, Proddatur-133, Dharmavaram-149, Kadapa-154, Gudivada-156, Kavali-159, Hindupur-160, Nellore-165, Kurnool-176, Anantapuram-213, Srikalahasti-214, Adoni-224, Madanapalle-281 |
3 |
Arunachal Pradesh (1) |
Itanagar-216 |
4 |
Assam (4) |
Guwahaty-134, Nagaon-161, Silchar-280, Dibrugarh-297 |
5 |
Bihar (27) |
Biharsharif-147, Kishanganj-257, Patna-262, Bettiah-270, Hajipur-272, Bhagalpur-275, Sasaram-278, Bodh Gaya-293, Muzaffarpur-304, Jehanabad-307, Buxar-327, Dehri-334, Purnea-342, Motihari-348, Darbhanga-356, Aurangabad-357, Gaya-362, Siwan-376, Arrah-390, Danapur-391, Saharsa-396, Begusarai-404, Jamalpur-414, Munger-415, Chapra-422, Katihar-430, Bagaha-432 |
6 |
Chandigarh (1) |
Chandigarh-11 |
7 |
Chattisgarh(8) |
Ambikapur-15, Bhilai Nagar-54, Durg-85, Raigarh-104, Raipur-129, Rajnandgaon-164, Bilaspur-179, Jagdalpur-232 |
8 |
Dadra & Nagar Haveli (1) |
Silvassa-264 |
9 |
Daman & Diu (2) |
Diu-340, Daman-350 |
10 |
NCT of Delhi (5) |
NDMC-7, Delhi Cantonment-172, East MCD-196, South MCD-202, North MCD-279 |
11 |
Gujarat (31) |
Surat-4, Vadodara-10, Ahmedabad-14, Rajkot-18, Gandhinagar-20, Navsari-25, Vapi-26, Bhavnagar-33, Kalol-34, Jamnagar-35, Jetpur Navagadh-39, Godhra-49, Junagadh-52, Bharuch-60, Dwaraka-66, Gandhidham-67, Nadiad-69, Botad-79, Palanpur-95, Morbi-96, Bhuj-98, Mehsana-99, Veraval-101, Anand-103, Patan-111, Deesa-120, Amreli-123, Valsad-142, Surendranagar Dudhrej-150, Gondal-153, Porbandar-184 |
12 |
Goa (1) |
Panaji-90 |
13 |
Haryana (18) |
Karnal-65, Faridabad-88, Gurugram-112, Panchkula-211, Sonepat-243, Thanesar-253, Jind-265, Sirsa-274, Kaithal-282, Hissar-291, Rohtak-295, Rewari-303, Ambala Sadar-308, Panipat-335, Bhiwani-345, Yamunanagar-346, Bahadurgarh-353, Palwal-397 |
14 |
Himachal Pradesh (2) |
Shimla-47, Kullu-259 |
15 |
Jammu & Kashmir (4) |
Leh-100, Anantnag-197, Srinagar-241, Jammu-251 |
16 |
Jharkhand (9) |
Chas-41, Jamshedpur-64, Giridh-81, Hazaribagh-91, Deogarh-102, Dhanbad-109, Ranchi-117, Mango-131, Adityapur-144 |
17 |
Karnataka (27) |
Mysuru-5, Mangaluru-63, Udupi-143, Shivmoggar-147, Mandya-148, Tumkuru-152, Gadag Betagiri-167, Hubbali-Dharwad-199, Bagalkot-203, Bengaluru-210, Bhadravati-217, Ranebennur-220, Chikmagalur-225, Hasan-227, Belgavi-248, Bellary-283, Davanagere-288, Kalaburgai-294, Vijayapura-312, Bidar-315, Hospet-317, Raichur-328, Chitradurga-337, Robertsonpet-347, Kolar-373, Gangavati-381, Badami-388 |
18 |
Kerala (9) |
Kozhikode (Calicut)-254, Kochi (Cochin)-271, Palakkad-286, Guruvayoor-306, Thrissur-324, Kollam-365, Kannur-366, Thiruvananthapuram-372, Alappuza -380 |
19 |
Lakshadweep (1) |
Kavaratti-416 |
20 |
Madhya Pradesh (35) |
Indore-1, Bhopal-2, Ujjain-12, Khargone-17, Jabalpur-21, Sagar-23, Katni-24, Gwalior-27, Omkareshwar-36, Rewa-38, Ratlam-48, Singrauli-51, Chindwara-53, Sehore-55, Dewas-58, Hoshangabad-59, Pithampur-61, Khandwa-73, Mandsaur-74, Satna-75, Korba-77, Betul-78, Chattarpur-92, Nagda-114, Bhind-128, Neemuch-136, Burhanpur-138, Seoni-163, Vidisha-173, Morena-205, Shivpuru-228, Damoh-242, Dabra-260, Guna-266, Datia-289 |
2 |
Maharashtra (44) |
Navi Mumbai-8, Pune-13, Greater Mumbai-29, Shirdi-56, Pimpri Chindwad-72, Chandrapur-76, Ambarnath-89, Solapur-115, Thane-116, Dhule-124, Mira Bhayander-130, Nagpur-137, Vasai Virar-139, Ichalkaranj-141, Nashik-151, Satara-157, Kulgaon Badlapur-158, Jalgaon-162, Panvel-170, Kolhapur-177, Nandurbar-181, Ahmadnagar-183, Nanded Waghala-192, Ulhasnagar-207, Osmanabad-219, Parbhani-229, Yavatmal-230, Amaravati-231, Kalyan-Dombivili-234, Sangli Miraj Kupwad-237, Malegaon-239, Udgir-240, Barshi-287, Akola-296, Aurangabad-299, Beed-302, Achalpur-311, Wardha-313, Latur-318, Gondia-343, Hinganghat-355, Jalna-368, Bhiwandi Nizampur-392, Bhushawal-433 |
22 |
Manipur (1) |
Imphal-122 |
23 |
Meghalaya (1) |
Shillong-276 |
24 |
Mizoram (1) |
Aizawl-105 |
25 |
Nagaland (2) |
Kohima-208, Dimapur-277 |
26 |
Odisha (9) |
Bhubaneswar-94, Rourkela-168, Berhampur-187, Balasore-190, Puri-194, Cuttack-204, Baripada-261, Sambalpur-322, Bhadrak-349 |
27 |
Puducherry (2) |
Puducherry city-189, Ozukarai-206 |
28 |
Punjab (16) |
SAS Nagar-121, Bhatinda-132, Ludhiana-140, Pathankot-188, Firozepur-222, Jalandhar-233, Amritsar-258, Barnala-284, Hoshiarpur-323, Malerkotal-363, Moga-369, Khanna-400, Patiala-411, Batala-418, Abohar-427, Muktsar-428 |
29 |
Rajasthan (29) |
Bundi-171, Sikar-180, Pali-186, Jodhpur-209, Bhilwara-212, Jaipur-215, Ajmer-226, Gangapur City-255, Beawar-285, Jhunjhuni-292, Sujangarh-300, Chittorgarh-301, Udaipur-310, Bikaner-319, Tonk-329, Hanumangarh-332, Kota-341, Baran-354, Sawai Madhopur-358, Ganganagar-359, Alwar-364, Hindaun-367, Bhaaratpur-371, Nagaur-384, Dhaulpur-387, Jhalawar-402, Bhiwadi-403, Churu-405, Kishangarh-419 |
30 |
Sikkim (1) |
Gangtok-50 |
31 |
Tamil Nadu (28) |
Tiruchirapally-6, Coikbattore-16, Kumbakonam-37, Erode-42, Madurai-57, Tambaram-62, Tiruppur-68, Hosur-82, Vellankini-84, Dindigul-106, Vellore-108, Karaikkudi-110, Puthukottai-113, Rajapalayam-125, Kanchipuram-127, Salem-135, Pallavarm-155, Avadi-169, Nagercoil-174, Nagapattinam-185, Thirunelveli-193, Thanjavur-198, Thuthukkudi-223, Greater Chennai-235, Thiruvannamalai-238, Cudalore-250, Ambur-267, Rameswaram-268 |
32 |
Telangana (12) |
Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation-22, Warangal-28, Suryapet-30, Siddipeta-45, Nizamabad-178, Miryalaguda-182, Ramagundam-191, Adilabad-195, Nalgonda-200, Karimnagar-201, Khammam-236, Mahboobnagar-249 |
33 |
Tripura (1) |
Agartala-290 |
34 |
Uttarakhand (6) |
Rourkee-218, Haridwar-244, Kashipur-256, Dehradun-316, Nainital-330, Haldwani-Kotgodam-395 |
35 |
Uttar Pradesh (62) |
Varanasi-32, Aligarh-145, Jhansi-166, Kanpur-175, Sahranpur-245, Jaunpur-246, Allahabad-247, Ayodhya-252, Agra-263, Lucknow-269, Orai-273, Bareilly-298, Chandausi-305, Sultanpur-309, Gorakhpur-314, Lalitpur-320, Moradabad-321, Rudrapur-325, Shamli-326, Loni-331, Akbarpur-333, Etawah-336, Deoria-338, Meerut-339, Muzaffarnagar-344, Ghaziabad-351, Mathura-352, Modinagar-360, Ballia-361, Maunath Bhanjan-370, Pilibhit-374, Firozabad-375, Farukhabad-377,Sambhal-378, Mainpuri-379, Mughalsarai-382, Faizabad-383, Banda-385, Basti-386, Mirzaput-389, Amroha-393, Raibareily-394, Azamgarh-398, Rampur-399, Sikohabad-401, Etah-406, Sitapur-407, Hathras-408, Kasganj-409, Lakhimpur-410, Fatehpur-412, Ghazipur-413, Unnao-417, Badaun-420, Baraut-421, Bulandshahr-423, Hapur-424, Khurja-425, Shahjahanpur-426, Bahraich-429, Hardoi-431 and Gonda-434. |
The 2014 and 2016 ranks of the 10 cleanest cities of 2017
How the 10 cleanest cities of 2017 performed in 2016 and 2014
S.No |
City |
Rank in 2017 (434 AMRUT Cities/Towns surveyed) |
Rank in 2016 (73 Million plus population cities and Capitals Surveyed) |
Rank in 2014 (476 cities/towns Surveyed) |
1 |
Indore |
1 |
25 |
149 |
2 |
Bhopal |
2 |
21 |
105 |
3 |
Visakhapatnam |
3 |
5 |
205 |
4 |
Surat |
4 |
6 |
63 |
5 |
Mysuru |
5 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
Tiruchirapally |
6 |
3 |
2 |
7 |
NDMC |
7 |
4 |
15 |
8 |
Navi Mumbai |
8 |
12 |
3 |
9 |
Tirupati |
9 |
Not surveyed |
137 |
10 |
Vadodara |
10 |
13 |
214 |
The 2014 and 2016 ranks of the 10 lowest- ranked cities of 2017
How the 10 lowest- ranked cities of 2017 had performed in 2016 and 2014
S.No |
City/Town |
2017 ranking |
2014 ranking |
1 |
Gonda (UP) |
434 |
151 |
2 |
Bhusawal (Maharashtra) |
432 |
267 |
3 |
Bagaha (Bihar) |
431 |
453 |
4 |
Hardoi (Uttarakhand) |
430 |
235 |
5 |
Katihar (Bihar) |
429 |
385 |
6 |
Bahraich (UP) |
428 |
449 |
7 |
Muktsar (Punjab) |
427 |
384 |
8 |
Abohar (Punjab) |
426 |
420 |
9 |
Shahjahanpur (UP) |
425 |
425 |
10 |
Khurja (UP) |
424 |
366 |
Did the methodology penalise clean cities?
NEW DELHI: Alappuzha in Kerala is a "waste smart" city according to recent assessment by a Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) team. Reason? It has managed to achieve 100% waste segregation in 12 of the city's 23 wards. It doesn't landfill, instead a majority of the households have biogas plants and composting systems. But as per the Centre's recent Swachch Survekshan survey 2017, Alappuzha ranks at 380.
The top three "cleanest" cities according to the Swachch survey—Indore, Bhopal and Visakhapatnam, have a centralized system of waste management.
While these do have door-to-door waste collection and efficient transportation of waste, CSE points out that all three cities do not segregate waste at source and finally resort to landfilling. Very little waste is processed at source. The best practice in contrast, the world over is to segregate, recycle and process waste at source in a decentralized manner and minimize dumping. In fact, The MSW Rules, 2016 clearly state that waste needs to be segregated into three categories at the household level - wet, dry and domestic hazardous waste. Then, are the cleanest cities as per the Centre's survey really clean?
"What becomes clear is that the states that have pushed for a centralised approach towards waste management - Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh - have been given high rankings in the Survekshan results. Of the top 50 cities, 31 cities are in these three states. All these cities are pushing for cluster-based waste management approach using waste to energy plants and landfills for processing and dumping of waste," says a critique by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). At the heart of the problem is the way Centre evaluates "clean" cities, say experts.
No weightage has been given to waste segregation at source or decentralized management of waste. In fact, 40% of the points go to sweeping, collection and transportation of municipal solid waste, 20% to processing and disposal. No weightage has been given to decentralized waste management, effort to reduce dumping, recycling and reuse. Experts highlighted that there is a major stress on waste to energy plants too as many cities have started adopting it as an easy solution to deal with unsegregated waste.
A senior official at the Swachch Bharat Mission Directorate, told TOI that "most cities were not moving towards decentralized waste management which is why we didn't consider it as a parameter. It's not very well regulated in cities. But now we have decided that segregation and management of waste at source needs to be given weightage. In mega cities, composting or recycling is not an option yet..."
A similar example is of Panjim, which has virtually become "bin-free." It has a colour-coded five category waste segregation system instead.
According to CSE's documentation, waste is collected door-to-door, the generators of waste have to follow a five-way segregation system where they segregate it to wet waste, plastics, papers, cartons, glass and metals and non-recyclable materials. Wet waste is composted at decentralised compost pits in colonies. There are around 70 composting units in the city. Dry waste is brought to sorting centres, where it is sorted, the non-recyclable wastes are compressed into small bales and delivered to cement plants in Karnataka. But Panjim has been ranked at 90, despite its decentralization efforts.
"Now there are NGT guidelines that clearly lay down that there has to be segregation at source, composting, recycling and reuse of whatever is possible. The survey was conducted by a third party, they started the evaluation process before the NGT guidelines came into place and didn't incorporate these. They definitely need to be incorporated," said Shyamala Mani, professor at the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA).
The Awards/ 2017
Indore ranked first
How Indore cleaned up its act
Himanshi Dhawan, MUCH SWACHH: How Indore took on dirt -- and won, June 4, 2017: The Times of India
Many Indians don't take too well to being corrected in public. But Indore has emerged as a bright spot in the movement for public cleanliness. The city, with a population of 35 lakh, moved up from Rank 149 in 2014 out of 476 cities to the No 1 spot in Swachh Sarvekshan 2017. How did this popular business and education hub accomplish this in less than two years?
THE DABBA GANGS
“Khule mein nahi karna, uncle,pipes a pintsized person in a TV advertisement, telling an adult to stop urinating or defecating in public.Such messaging works in tandem with infrastructure. During 2015-2016, the municipal corporation built and repaired 230 urinals, 17 mobile units, 400 modular toilet seats, 13,000 individual household toilet units and 243 community and public toilets. “The big challenge was to convince people to use these facilities, says Asad Warsi from Eco Pro Environmental Services, who worked as a consultant for the Indore municipal corporation.
Enter the `dabba gang'. Armed with nothing but a tin box with some loose change, young volunteers would make a noise as a warning to those relieving themselves in the open to beat it as part of their `roko aur toko' (interrupt and stop) plan. “Hum to bilkul besharam ho gaye (we would not be embarrassed). We would go to places where people were defecating in the open at 5am.They tried to evade us by coming out an hour earlier, but then so did we. They would run when they saw us, but we chased them to their house to collect the fines, says Shrigopal Jagtap, a dabba gang leader and director of NGO Basix Municipal Waste Ventures. Even children formed a `vanar sena' to chase open defecators. By January , the city was declared open-defecation free.
LITTERBUGS PAY UP
Then they tackled the garbage problem. Indore today generates over 1,000 metric tonnes of garbage a day and all of it is collected from the source whether it is a household or commercial establishment. The door-to-door service was started in June 2015 as a pilot project in two of the 84 wards in the city . It took almost a year but civic officials say the city has achieved 100% door-to-door garbage collection and over 30% segregation of waste. “The aim was to make the city bin-free, dust-free and litterfree, says Manish Singh, municipal commissioner. Mini-tippers would go from home to home, accompanied by NGO and municipal workers, exhorting people to give them garbage. Empty plots were cleared, encroachments removed and people fined on the spot for littering or spitting. “We collected over Rs 80 lakh in fines. We caught the big fish and the small -if they littered they would have to pay , Singh says.
Jagtap, from the NGO Basix, says that volunteers would even rummage through garbage to check who had dumped their trash outside. “We would check through the bags to find the name and address of the person and land up to collect a fine, he says. Even marriage and religious processions and rallies were not spared. “We also made sure such people were named and shamed. Eventually , people realised there was no way to get out of it and mended their ways, he adds. Some volunteers dressed up as Mahatma Gandhi to urge people to refrain from littering. One of the big achievements was to turf out illegal cattle shelters out of the city , putting an end to the issue of stray cows. Authorities admit there was political pressure, but in the end, the commissioner's word prevailed. Not everyone was willing to change. Singh says there have been instances when municipal employees were threatened, beaten and even killed. They had to hire bouncers to protect their employees.Municipal authorities had to counter conflict within the system, from the traditional nexus between employees, corporators and jagirdars (or ward in-charges). “By then we had so much public support, that no amount of pressure could stop the momentum towards cleanliness, Singh adds.
Technology provided handy support to the initiative. Indore's mini-tippers were GPSfitted so that they could be tracked and monitored, and a helpline app was launched for grievance redressal. The app received 250300 complaints a day initially and these had to be addressed within 24 hours.
CLEANER AIR AND WATER
Walking on an Indore street no longer means dodging stray cows, garbage piles and vendors plying their wares. Garbage is taken from the house to a transfer station and then to the landfill leaving the main streets clean and dust-free.
People living in slums have been rid of the unbearable stench of rotting garbage. And the air is cleaner, with RSPM levels down from 140 microgramsNm3 to 90 microgramsNm3. The breeding of flies and mosquitoes has declined and so have seasonal diseases. Dr Sanjay Dixit, who heads the community medicine department at government-run Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College and Maharaja Yeshwantrao hospital, says there has been an improvement in public health.Cases of acute gastrointestinal disease came down from 40 admissions in March 2014 to 25 cases in March 2017, while patients admitted for acute respiratory infection -indicating air pollution -declined from 26 in March 2016 to 16 cases in March 2017, he said, adding that out-patient numbers had also seen a drop.
Kesarbai, who lives with her five-member family in a two-room tenement at Pancham ke Phael slum colony in the heart of the city , says: “Our children would fall ill frequently .Now illnesses have come down and the area around our homes is so clean. Now if someone tries to throw garbage, I yell at them.“
In south Indore, in far more plush surroundings, Amit Shar ma finds a perceptible difference in Indore's sanitation standards in the last two years. Associate director at PwC, he remembers returning in 2010 after a stint in the UK to a city with dirty, stinking roads. “I would say that there are still a lot of things that need improvement, but we are where we want to go.
CAN THE CHANGE LAST?
Despite the visible clean-up in Indore, it may still have some way to go. A Centre for Science and Environment report on the Swachh Survekshan 2017, says that Indore has poor segregation of waste and is dumping its garbage in an already overflowing landfill. “The methodology of Survekshan needs a serious relook as it is rewarding cities with environmentally unsustainable practices,“ warns Chandra Bhushan, deputy director general of CSE.
See also
Cleanliness ranks of Indian cities, districts: 2014-15
Cleanliness ranks of Indian cities, districts: 2016
Cleanliness ranks of Indian cities, districts: 2017