Indore pips Mysuru as cleanest city in Swachh Bharat survey – List of top 10 cleanest cities in India

New Delhi: The Ministry of Urban Development led by Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday announced the Swachh Survekshan Awards in New Delhi, which featured Indore at the top.

Indore in Madhya Pradesh overtook Karnataka's Mysuru to claim the top spot in the survey which included 434 cities across the country.

 

Gonda in Uttar Pradesh was found the be the dirtiest, while the New Delhi Municipal Council area, slipped to seventh position, dropping three places from last year.

Here is a list of top 10 cleanest cities and 10 dirtiest cities in the country:

Cleanest cities

 

Indore

Bhopal

Visakhapatnam

Surat

Mysuru

Tiruchirappalli

New Delhi

Navi Mumbai

Tirupati

Vadodara

 

Dirtiest cities

 

Khurja

Shahjahanpur

Abohar

Muktsar

Bahraich

Katihar

Hardoi

Bagaha

Bhusawal

Gonda

The criteria of ranking is based on obtainability of infrastructure and facility points connected to hygiene such like single domestic toilets and community toilets and also the transference and dispensation of municipal hard leftover.