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Swachh Survekshan 2020: Indore named cleanest city of India for 4th time in a row

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Guwahati: Indore is the cleanest city in India as per results of the fifth edition of the nationwide annual cleanliness survey, ‘Swachh Survekshan 2020’.

Indore has been named as India’s cleanest cityfor the fourth time in a row. In Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs’ swachhta city survey report, Surat emerged as India’s second cleanest city. Navi Mumbai bagged the third spot.

The announcement was made by Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Thursday at the Swachh Mahotsav being organised by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoUHA).

Varanasi has been chosen as the cleanest town on the banks of river Ganga. “Heartiest congratulations to PM Shri @narendramodi Ji, who represents the city in Lok Sabha, for his visionary leadership which has inspired the people of the town for this achievement,” the Union Minister said.

Jalandhar Cantt has been declared India’s cleanest cantonment in the Swachh Bharat Survekshan-2020.Ancient holy town of Varanasi is rightfully the cleanest town on the banks of river Ganga.

Ancient holy town of Varanasi is rightfully the cleanest town on the banks of river Ganga. Heartiest congratulations to PM Shri @narendramodiJi, who represents the city in Lok Sabha, for his visionary leadership which has inspired the people of the town for this achievement.

Heartiest congratulations to PM Shri @narendramodi Ji, who represents the city in Lok Sabha, for his visionary leadership which has inspired the people of the town for this achievement. pic.twitter.com/sPXxBpZUnq

— Hardeep Singh Puri (@HardeepSPuri) August 20, 2020

Swachh Survekshan was introduced by the government with the objective of generating large-scale citizen participation in the Mission, along with inculcating a spirit of healthy competition among cities towards becoming India’s cleanest cities.

“1.87 crore citizens participated in the survey of 4,242 cities, 62 cantonment boards and 92 towns along the Ganga river,” Ministry spokesperson Rajeev Jain had said on Tuesday.

The ‘Swachh Survekshan 2020’ was completed in 28 days. It saw registration of 1.7 crore citizens on Swachhata App, over 11 crore impressions on social media, more than 5.5 lakh sanitary workers linked to social welfare schemes and over 84,000 informal waste-pickers integrated into the mainstream.

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