Swachh Survekshan Awards 2019 : Indore Adjudged Cleanest City for 3rd Straight Year
- The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, conferred the Swachh Survekshan Awards 2019 on March 6, 2019 in New Delhi.
- The Swachh Survekshan awards are cleanliness awards given by the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
- Indore was presented with the India’s cleanest city award for the third straight year.
- The survey took place in January 2019 in complete digital format for data collection. It covered 4,237 cities in a record time of 28 days.
List of Awards
- India’s cleanest city – Indore
- India’s cleanest capital/UT city – Bhopal
- India’s cleanest big city (population >10 lakh) – Ahmedabad
- India’s cleanest medium city (population 3-10 lakh) – Ujjain
- India’s cleanest small city (population 1-3 lakh) – NDMC, Delhi
- India’s top performing state – Chhattisgarh (followed by Jharkhand and Maharashtra)
- India’s Best Ganga Town – Gauchar, Uttarakhand
- India’s Cleanest Small City – New Delhi Municipal Council
- India’s cleanest cantonment area – Delhi Cantt.
- Best citizen led initiative – Indore