Indore is India's cleanest city, finds Swachh survey
May 04, 2017  12:31
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Indore in Madhya Pradesh is India's cleanest city and Gonda in Uttar Pradesh the filthiest, a nationwide cleanliness survey by the urban development ministry has found.

The survey of 434 cities, conducted as part of the Modi government's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, or Clean India Mission, has seen the ancient city in MP knock off Karnataka's Mysuru, which has been topping the rankings.

Bhopal, another city in the BJP-ruled MP, Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh and Surat in Gujarat are the other five cleanest cities, says the third edition of the Swachh Survekshan released on Thursday by urban development minister M Venkaiah Naidu.

The cleanliness survey was carried out during January and February.

Launched in 2014, the Swachh Bharat campaign aims to make India clean and open-defecation free by 2019, the 150th birth anniversary year of Mahatma Gandhi.


Image: Urban Development minister Venkaiah Naidu handing announcing the awards
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