Indore cleanest in India, Mysuru slips to fifth spot in the latest ranking

Indore in Madhya Pradesh is India’s cleanest city and Gonda in Uttar Pradesh the dirtiest, a nationwide cleanliness survey by the Union Urban Development ministry revealed. Mysuru which bagged first place in 2014 and 2016 survey, slipped to fifth place this time.
 

The survey conducted in 434 cities by the Ministry as part of the Central Government 's  Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, or Clean India Mission.  Bengaluru City ranked 210 place in the country indicating the city is not up to mark in its cleanliness. Bengaluru scored just 967 out of 2000 score in the survey. Mangaluru got 63 position while Udupi bagged 143 place in the country.
 

Though Mysuru bagged first place previous survey, the city slipped in fifth place this time as it failed to build sufficient number individual house hold toilets.  Though in waste collection, solid-waste processing and recycling of water  Mysure fared well, the city failed to construct targeted 425 individual household toilets, Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu told reporters here while releasing survey results.
 

Bhopal capital city of Madhya Pradesh bagged second place while  Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh and Surat in Gujarat are got third and fourth place respectively. Tiruchirapalli in Tamil Nadu bagged sixth place in the survey.

The cleanliness survey was carried out during January and February this year. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Swachh Bharat campaign in 2014 aimed at making India clean and open-defecation free by 2019.

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The holy city of Varanasi, which is also Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary constituency, is the only exception. It was ranked 32, a dramatic improvement from 2014 when it was close to the bottom at 418 among 476 cities.

Gonda, a town in Uttar Pradesh, is the dirtiest at 434. Bhusawal in Maharashtra is a rank above. Bihar’s Bagaha is at number 432, Hardoi in UP 431 and Bihar’s Katihar at 430.
 

How city ranked :

The criteria for this year's ranking included 45% marks for cities becoming open defecation free, solid waste management (including sweeping, collection, transportation and processing of garbage), education and capacity building. Another 25% marks was kept for field inspection and 30% for citizen feedback. At least 18 lakh citizens across the cities gave their feedback about the sanitation in their respective cities and towns.