Swachh Survekshan 2024-25 Awards

• Context (TH I PIB): The President of India conferred the annual Swachh Survekshan 2024-25 Awards.

Swachh Survekshan Awards

• Swachh Survekshan Awards are part of India’s largest annual cleanliness survey conducted under the Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA).
• The awards were started in 2016 with 73 cities. This year, 4,589 cities were surveyed.
• These awards recognise and rank cities and towns based on their cleanliness, sanitation, and solid waste management performance.
• The goal of this survey is to encourage citizen participation and raise awareness among all sections of society about the importance of collaborating to create clean cities and towns to live in.

Winners of 2024-25 Awards

Super Swachh League

• More than 10 lakhs Group: Indore topped for the 8^th time, followed by Surat and Navi Mumbai.
• 3 Lakhs-10 Lakhs Group: Noida ranked 1^st, followed by Chandigarh and Mysuru.

Credit: PIB

Swachh Shahar

• To promote new cities in the cleanliness rankings, this year’s awards introduced the “Swachh Shahar” (Clean City) category.
• Population of More Than 10 Lakh Group: Ahmedabad, Bhopal, and Lucknow secured the top three positions.
• 3-10 lakh Population Group: Mira-Bhayandar (Maharashtra) topped the list, followed by Bilaspur (Madhya Pradesh) and Jamshedpur (Jharkhand).

Other

• Promising Swachh Shehar: A Total of 34 top-performing cities across States and UTs were recognised as Promising Swachh Shehars.
• Best Ganga Town: Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh).
• Best Cantonment Board: Secunderabad Cantonment.
• Best SaifaiMitra Surakshit Shehar: Visakhapatnam, Jabalpur, and Gorakhpur.

• The Uttar Pradesh government, Prayagraj Mela Authority, and Prayagraj Municipal Corporation were recognised for their exceptional urban waste management efforts during the Maha Kumbh.

Credit: PIB