Cleanliness ranks of Indian cities, districts: 2019
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The best and the worst
From: Dipak Dash, Indore does it again, takes top swachh rank for 3rd time, March 7, 2019: The Times of India
Delhi’s NDMC Area Gets Fifth Position
Bhopal bags the cleanest capital award while Indore, Ujjain and Dewas from Madhya Pradesh besides Ahmedabad and Rajkot from Gujarat make it to the list of top 10 Swachh urban areas under more than one lakh population category, according to the latest nationwide survey.
The posh NDMC area, which houses VIPs, ranked fifth on cleanliness parameters. Bhopal municipal area has though slipped to 19 in ranking from the second position it occupied last year.
In the category of urban areas having less than one lakh population, eight municipal areas in Maharashtra have made it to the list of top 10 with Karhad leading the group followed by Lonavala, Mul and Vita. According to the Swachh Survekshan results, the other two municipal areas are Shahaganj in Madhya Pradesh and Dungarpur in Rajasthan. President Ram Nath Kovind handed over the awards to winners.
The cleanliness rankings show that Dewas in MP has made the maximum progress among the municipal areas with over one lakh population. It has become the 10th cleanest municipal area in 2019 as compared to its last year’s rank of 68. Rajkot has also made huge progress to become the ninth cleanest urban area as compared to its earlier rank of 35 in 2018.
The other big jump has been made by Ambikapur, which finished as the second cleanest municipal area this year as compared to its 11th rank in 2018. The four cities that have fallen out of the top 10 group are Chandigarh (20), Pune (37) and Vijayawada (12) besides Bhopal.
Uttarakhand’s Gauchar has been adjudged as the the “Best Ganga Town” in the survey conducted by the housing and urban affairs ministry. The survey carried out in January included direct observation by third party auditors, people’s feedback and service level progress.
The NCR
Gzb up 23 places to 13th in Swachh rankings, NDMC drops 1 to 5th, March 7, 2019: The Times of India
From: March 7, 2019: The Times of India
From: March 7, 2019: The Times of India
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Delhi-NCR’s Performance in Swachh Bharat Rankings/ 2018- Part-I
Delhi-NCR’s Performance in Swachh Bharat Rankings/ 2018- Part-II
Ghaziabad has become the best-performing district in Delhi-NCR for the second successive year in the Swachh Bharat rankings. It rose 23 places in the all-India ranking for 2019 released on Wednesday to rise to 13th, and sit eight spots behind New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) on the leaderboard. NDMC, which is Delhi-NCR’s top-ranked municipality, slipped a spot from 4th last year to fifth.
Other NCR municipalities were far behind these two —Gurgaon at a distant 83rd was the closest — underlining how the region’s overall delivery of civic services hasn’t quite kept pace with its growth as an economic powerhouse. Ghaziabad was the standout performer because it didn’t even make the first 300 two years ago (ranked 351st in 2017). That jolted the local administration into action — it got its act together, cleaned up roads, removed garbage vats, plugged gaps in waste collection and began beautifying public spaces. The result was a leap to 36th spot in the 2018 ranking, and recognition as India’s most improved district. In Delhi, where three of the five municipalities dropped to lower spots, officials blame factors like a complicated documentation process.
